72  Russian empire

Abstract

How the evil empire plans to expand by spreading fear, torture, murder and famine. Spoiler: Muscovite Russia.

Myth

Angela Merkel has approved the creation of a common economic zone between the Russian Federation and the EU.

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Truth

Russia plans to expanded its evil empire from Vladivostok to Dublin/Lisbon.

Link zu Wikipedia

For the history of the russian empire see Chapter 70.

72.1 Dugin

The Russian fascist Dugin is considered the inventor of modern “Eurasianism”

Dugin soon began publishing his own journal entitled Elementy, which initially began by praising Franco-Belgian Jean-François Thiriart, belatedly a supporter of a “Euro-Soviet empire which would stretch from Dublin to Vladivostok and would also need to expand to the south, since it require(s) a port on the Indian Ocean.”
Alexandr Dugin (1997)1

72.2 Putin

In a speech in Berlin Putin (2010) called for the geopolitical unification of “Greater Europe” from Lisbon to Vladivostok (Sakwa (2021)).

the creation of a harmonious economic community from Lisbon to Vladivostok. In the future, a free trade zone and even more advanced forms of economic integration could also be considered
Vladimir Putin (2010)2 (our translation, our emphasis)

72.3 Medvedev

Russia’s Deputy Chairman of the Security Council, Dmitry Medvedev, April 5th 2022, continues to call the atrocities committed by of Russians in Bucha and Mariupol fake, adding that Russia’s goal is to change the minds of Ukrainians and create an “open Eurasia from Lisbon to Vladivostok”.3

72.4 Lavrov

Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov wants to “denazify” “more and more European countries”:

We are not just seeing neo-Nazism, we are seeing direct nazism, which is covering more and more European countries
Sergei Lavrov (2023)4

72.5 Sourkov

Vladislav Sourkov explains, what russian imperialism really means: “For Russia, permanent expansion is not just another idea, it is the existential condition of our historical existence”:

The Russian world has no borders. The Russian world is everywhere there is Russian influence, in one form or another: cultural, informational, military, economic, ideological or humanitarian… In other words, it is everywhere. The extent of our influence varies greatly from region to region, but it is never zero. So we will spread out in all directions, as far as God wills and as strong as we are. The important thing is not to get carried away and not to take on too big a piece.
Vladislav Sourkov (2025)5

  1. Alexandr Dugin, Wikipedia https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aleksandr_Dugin↩︎

  2. Putin: Plädoyer für Wirtschaftsgemeinschaft:Von Lissabon bis Wladiwostok (25. November 2010) Süddeutsche. https://www.sueddeutsche.de/wirtschaft/putin-plaedoyer-fuer-wirtschaftsgemeinschaft-von-lissabon-bis-wladiwostok-1.1027908↩︎

  3. Putin said his goal was to “change the minds of Ukrainians” and “open Eurasia from Lisbon to Vladivostok” (5 April 2022) UKrainska Prawda https://www.pravda.com.ua/eng/news/2022/04/5/7337275/↩︎

  4. Putin prepares Russia for ‘forever war’ with west as Ukraine invasion stalls (28 Mar 2023) The Guardian. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/mar/28/putin-prepares-russia-for-forever-war-with-west-as-ukraine-invasion-stalls↩︎

  5. EXCLUSIVE. Vladislav Sourkov, the wizard of the Kremlin : “Russia will expand in all directions, as far as God wills” (2025-03-19). L’Express. https://www.lexpress.fr/monde/europe/exclusive-vladislav-sourkov-the-kremlins-wizard-russia-will-expand-in-all-directions-as-far-as-god-WWIE5OJMPVHJ5KTTAHNLE4WPME/↩︎