11-13-2019, 09:46 AM
(11-13-2019, 03:06 AM)Teejay Wrote: Also the Russians especially feel some kind of kinship with the Turkic and Iranian peoples, not surprising since there are sizable Turkic minorities in Russia. Therefore; the ideology of Eurasianism which Aleksandar Dugin is not an attempt to restore the Russian Empire. Because Poland and the Baltic states are not included in 'Eurasia', while Turkey, Iran and Mongolia are included, rather I argue an attempt to reunite the people's of Eurasia who have had their civilizational identity suppressed by those who wanted to turn the peoples of Euriasia into Westerners or Arabs.
Depends on which part of Russia. St. Petersburg is part of the West as the Baltic States are; even Moscow may be more Europe than Eurasia.