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'''Aleksandr Gelyevich Dugin''' ([[Russian language|Russian]]:''Алекса́ндр Ге́льевич Ду́гин'') (January 7, 1962 in [[Moscow]]) is a Russian political scientist, academic, philosopher and former head of the Department of Sociology of Moscow State University from 2009 to 2014. He was a co-founder of the ultra-left National Bolshevik Front and Party, heads the International Eurasian Movement, and has written multiple books.

'''Aleksandr Gelyevich Dugin''' ([[Russian language|Russian]]:''Алекса́ндр Ге́льевич Ду́гин'') (January 7, 1962 in [[Moscow]]) is a Russian political scientist, academic, philosopher and former head of the Department of Sociology of Moscow State University from 2009 to 2014. He was a co-founder of the ultra-left National Bolshevik Front and Party, heads the International Eurasian Movement, and has written multiple books.

Western intelligence agencies and [[Western alliance|Western]] controlled [[mainstream media]] have spread false narratives about Dugin and his relationship to the government of the [[Russian Federation]].  Dugin has no relationship at all to or with Vladimir Putin.<ref>https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/russian-fsb-identifies-alleged-dugina-assassin</ref>  The two have never met. Putin has never quoted or cited Dugin in a speech.  Dugin has made critical remarks of Putin:<ref>http://www.aspeninstitute.it/aspenia-online/article/russian-conservative-view-putin-interview-alexander-dugin</ref>

Western intelligence agencies and the controlled [[Western alliance|Western]] [[mainstream media]] have spread false narratives about Dugin and his relationship to the government of the [[Russian Federation]].  Dugin has no relationship at all to or with Vladimir Putin.<ref>https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/russian-fsb-identifies-alleged-dugina-assassin</ref>  The two have never met. Putin has never quoted or cited Dugin in a speech.  Dugin has made critical remarks of Putin:<ref>http://www.aspeninstitute.it/aspenia-online/article/russian-conservative-view-putin-interview-alexander-dugin</ref>

{{Cquote|If we consider the situation in [[Russia]] more closely, we will discover that almost all that is said in the West about Putin is wrong. It is a complete caricature. The most important criticism of Putin inside Russia is not from the liberals. Liberals represent the smallest part of the critics. They are absolutely marginal… So the West is absolutely wrong in thinking that there is this big liberal opposition to Putin that is artificially kept down. The real opposition to Putin is growing completely on the other side of Russian society. It is growing discontent with "lunar" Putin, against the Putin who is surrounded by liberals. All the government is completely not only corrupt, it consists of pro-Western liberals. Nothing has changed after the last election.}}

{{Cquote|If we consider the situation in [[Russia]] more closely, we will discover that almost all that is said in the West about Putin is wrong. It is a complete caricature. The most important criticism of Putin inside Russia is not from the liberals. Liberals represent the smallest part of the critics. They are absolutely marginal… So the West is absolutely wrong in thinking that there is this big liberal opposition to Putin that is artificially kept down. The real opposition to Putin is growing completely on the other side of Russian society. It is growing discontent with "lunar" Putin, against the Putin who is surrounded by liberals. All the government is completely not only corrupt, it consists of pro-Western liberals. Nothing has changed after the last election.}}

In 2014, during the U.S.-backed [[Maidan coup]] in [[Kyiv]], Dugin was strident in his criticism of Putin and the [[Kremlin]] for its policy of non-intervention and supporting the [[Minsk Accords]] peace process.  Putin and the Kremlin waged a behind the scenes campaign get Dugin removed from his post as head of the Sociology Department at Moscow University.  Dugin was blacklisted from most influential public affairs television talk shows.<ref>https://youtu.be/IBO9UElgi5I</ref>

In 2014, during the U.S.-backed [[Maidan coup]] in [[Kyiv]], Dugin was strident in his criticism of Putin and the [[Kremlin]] for its policy of non-intervention and supporting the [[Minsk Accords]] peace process.  Putin and the Kremlin waged a behind the scenes campaign get Dugin removed from his post as head of the Sociology Department at Moscow University.  Dugin was blacklisted from most influential public affairs television talk shows.<ref>https://youtu.be/IBO9UElgi5I</ref>