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He said, that “there will be not the slightest trace of sovereignty there”.
A prominent Russian nationalist thinker has outlined a sweeping blueprint for Ukraine’s future under Moscow’s control, issuing a series of provocative claims about the country’s sovereignty.
His remarks arrive as Washington, Kyiv and Moscow navigate the latest version of a U.S.-drafted peace proposal.
A claimed takeover
Aleksandr Dugin, a far-right philosopher often described by Western outlets as an ideological influence on the Kremlin and dubbed “Putin’s Brains” posted a lengthy text online arguing that Ukraine would fall fully under Russian authority.
According to HotNews, Dugin’s entry on the U.S.-based online platform Substack, titled “Ukraine’s Return to the Russian World,” he asserted: “Ukraine will be entirely ours in two years at most – quite possibly much sooner.”
He added that “there will be not the slightest trace of sovereignty there,” insisting Ukrainians were “simply incapable of exercising it.”
Dugin framed his predictions as part of a broader effort to fold Ukraine into what he calls the “Russian world,” a concept he has promoted for years.
He claimed Russian planners were already preparing educational materials, social programs and psychological initiatives to restructure Ukrainian society.
Restructuring plans
In the same post, Dugin said a new administrative model for Ukrainian territories had been drafted.
He suggested the regions could be branded with “a new name – possibly the ‘Old Lands’,” though he acknowledged internal debate about language policy.
He referred disparagingly to Ukrainian as a “Russophobic dialect,” while arguing for partial retention of it.
He insisted the initiative was not mere rhetoric but part of what he described as long-term state planning.
“We are approaching this task with great seriousness, deliberation and thoroughness,” he wrote, presenting the effort as a decisive step in Moscow’s strategy.
Who is Dugin?
Born into a military intelligence family, Dugin was anti-communist during the 1980’s. During that time, he joined a far-right organization, and following the fall of the Soviet Union, he started a political party promoting ultranationalism combined with Bolshevik communism (called National Bolshevism).
Dugin has no official ties to the Kremlin, but he is known for being a strong supporter of Vladimir Putin. He voiced support for the Russian annexation of Crimea in 2014 as well as the full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022.
In 2022, his daughter was assassinated in a car bombing believed to have been meant for Dugin himself. It is widely believed that Ukraine was behind the assassination, although nothing has ever been verified.
Sources: Reuters, CBS News, HotNews
