How much correlation is there between President Putin’s attempts to glorify the Soviet Union and Russia’s current policies?
on the international community several times to praise the role of the Soviet Union in defeating Nazi Germany and acknowledge the price paid by Russians. Considering the victory of the Soviet Union over Hitler’s Germany as a source of national pride, many in Russia still celebrate the issue just like Putin.
“Russia still tries to preserve Soviet legacy through ‘near abroad’ strategy and tries to substitute nationalism amid lack of comunist sense as the ‘Z generation’ needs to be persuaded by something to be consolidated. Ramani believes the Russian public remains firmly nostalgic for Soviet rule and any efforts to recapture territory held by the USSR, such as the annexation of Crimea and incursions into Donbas, generate extensive public support.
Ewan Lawson, an Associate Fellow at The Royal United Services Institute , says “Putin has used that narrative to portray himself as a source of stability in an unstable world.” “In international politics, it’s main approach seems to be to act as a spoiler to the US and its allies. It is difficult to see many states who aspire to partner with Russia and this limits its aspirations. Here, the legacy of the Soviet Union as a partner in the global South has the potential to be developed further and outside the military domain typified by the activities of the Wagner Group.”
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