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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 heads the International Eurasian Movement, and has written multiple books.

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>

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>

He was a dissident and anti-communist during the Soviet-era and joined later the Christian Pamyat-group. In the 1990s he helped to create a reformed Communist Party of the Russian Federation led by Gennady Zyuganov.<ref>http://connection.ebscohost.com/c/articles/12596047/aleksandr-dugins-foundations-geopolitics</ref>

He was a dissident and anti-communist during the Soviet-era and joined later the Christian Pamyat-group. In the 1990s he helped to create a reformed Communist Party of the Russian Federation led by Gennady Zyuganov.<ref>http://connection.ebscohost.com/c/articles/12596047/aleksandr-dugins-foundations-geopolitics</ref>

Dugin was one of the co-founders of the communist-fascist [[National Bolshevik Party]] in 1993 together with [[Eduard Limonov]] and [[Yegor Letov]], which still existed until 2007 when the party was banned by the authorities.<ref>https://utro.ru/articles/2006/07/12/564745.shtml</ref>

In the [[Yeltsin]] era Dugin was one of the co-founders of the [[National Bolshevik Party]] with [[Eduard Limonov]] and [[Yegor Letov]] and in response to [[CIA]] efforts to impose [[Western civilization|Western]] [[liberal values]] on [[Russia]]. The party was organized to target disenchanted [[military]] and [[civil servant]]s against growing [[Westernization]] and American dominance in Russia. The party was banned by the authorities in 2007.<ref>https://utro.ru/articles/2006/07/12/564745.shtml</ref>

He is a member of the Old Believers, a sect of the [[Russian Orthodox Church]] considered heretical by the latter.

He is a member of the Old Believers, a sect of the [[Russian Orthodox Church]] considered heretical by the latter.