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12.01.2026

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Dmytro Yagunov: The Anatomy of the ‘Russian World’: When Illusion Becomes Vital

The most dangerous mistake is to believe that Russia's aggression against Ukraine has a rational…

22.12.2025

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From Medieval Raid to State Terror: The Hrabivske Abductions and the Neo-Imperial Logic of Russia’s Carceral State

The tragic events that unfolded between December 18 and 20, 2025, in the border village…

16.12.2025

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Dmytro Yagunov: Naturalising Empire: The Birch Tree as Instrument of Colonisation in Russian Imperialist Politics

Ukrainians’ attitude towards birch trees – not as trees, but as imperial symbols – is…

11.12.2025

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Dmytro Yagunov: The Berlin Declaration and the Paradox of the ‘Russian Democratic Neo-Empire’

1. Introduction: Identity Crisis and the Search for the ‘Beautiful Russia of the Future’ The…

11.12.2025

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Torture as an Administrative Procedurein Russian New-Empire

Violence in the ‘Russian World’ megaproject is not an aberration or a breakdown of discipline;…

11.12.2025

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Georgy Burkov: ‘Kill me, but Stalinism is a disease…’

In 1990, Russian actor Georgy Burkov (31 May 1933 – 19 July 1990) passed away.…

10.12.2025

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Dmytro Yagunov: ‘Russian Spirit’ as the Cultural Engine of Imperial Expansion

In the allegorical Soviet fantasy film “City Zero” by Karen Shakhnazarov (1988), a Soviet prosecutor…

03.12.2025

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Dmytro Yagunov: Beyond Technological Determinism: Russia’s Adaptive Imperial Flexibility

In this article, we want to challenge traditional academic views on Russian imperialism, emphasising that…

03.12.2025

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Dmytro Yagunov: Russian Criminal and Prison Culture: Historical Background, Importation in the 21st Century, and the Wagner Phenomenon

The article is focused on the origins of the Russian criminal and prison subculture and…

30.11.2025

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Russian Imperialism: How, By ‘Protecting the Russian Language,’ the Kremlin is Destroying the Languages of the Occupied Peoples

Indigenous and small-numbered peoples in Russia are dying out: 67% of them have declined in…