Alexander Dugin today on “Sputnik” ( “Alexander Dugin’s Escalation” program, quote from Maciej Korowaj):
“We actually began the process of rebuilding [during the war with Ukraine]….We have returned to ourselves…. A significant part of the internal objectives of the special military operation has been achieved. It is now Russia that sees itself as an independent state-civilisation, a society completely different from the West…. What has happened in our society is a victory we can be proud of… It is a historic event, our entire society is changing in the right direction.
Please note Dugin is speaking exclusively about internal goals which for himself mean transformation of #Russia, in simple words, into totalitarian society. Before the war Dugin was obsessed with “purging” and elimination of “sixth column”. These goals, I think most people agree, were largely achieved. This doesn’t tell us anything about the external or geopolitical goals of the war but I think again most people would agree, they haven’t been achieved in slightest, some of them were even achieved negatively (e.g. demilitarisation of Ukraine).