Vladimir Putin is winning on at least one battleground: Russian hearts and minds
Adnan R. Khan is an independent writer and photographer who has covered migration and refugee issues for the past decade.ordered the Russian army to invade Ukraine, his declared goal was twofold.
Millions of Russians – even those who wouldn’t call themselves practicing Orthodox Christians – accept this worldview. In its secularized form, the Russian political scientist Emil Pain calls this the: a phenomenon by which ethnic Russians believe they are pursuing a civilizing mission, and that rebuilding the Russian Empire is the only way to ensure Russia’s national survival.
Russians remember that time vividly, according to Nikolay Zyuzev, a philosophy and sociology professor from Russia’s northwest who came to Canada in 2009 to escape Mr. Putin’s growing authoritarianism. Despite all his flaws, Mr. Putin did bring some stability to the Russian economy, Mr. Zyuzev told me, and a sense of security emerged from his promises to rebuild Russia’s military. He created a decent standard of living for many Russians, especially those in the cities.
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