Russian philosopher calls to strip Azerbaijan, other post-Soviet states of sovereignty

Russian philosopher and ideologue Aleksandr Dugin has called for Kazakhstan and other post-Soviet countries to be stripped of their sovereignty, claiming the era of independent states is over and proposing a union under Moscow’s control.

Speaking on the air, Dugin mentioned Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Armenia, Georgia, and Azerbaijan, describing their sovereignty in general terms, Caliber.Az reports via Kazakh media.

He specifically stated: “We cannot accept the existence of a sovereign Armenia, sovereign Georgia, sovereign Azerbaijan, sovereign Kazakhstan, sovereign Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan.”

The philosopher argued that in the new geopolitical reality, there is no place for independent countries. Territories outside Russian influence, he warned, “will become footholds for the West, the European Union, America, or China.”

Dugin suggested Russia abandon international law, which he claims “nobody respects anymore,” and establish a new political model — a Eurasian Monroe Doctrine. “Discard international law… Enter active confrontation… Start acting like Trump… Because we have no other way out,” the philosopher said.

He further emphasised that in this model, nothing sovereign can exist, calling nation-states “the trash of the past.”

By Jeyhun Aghazada