Ruscism

Russian fascism (also Russicism, Ruscism or Rashism (Russian: Рашизм, romanized: Rashizm, pronounced [raˈɕizm]; from "Russia, Russian", and Italian: "fascismo" — fascism, from which the ending is taken) is considered by many to be the political ideology and social practice of the ruling regime of Russian Federation in the 21st century. This interpretation is based on the ideas of the "special civilizational mission" of the Russians, intolerance, xenophobia, paternalism, Soviet-style imperialism, the use of Russian Orthodoxy as a moral doctrine, and on geopolitical instruments of influence, such as nuclear arsenal, energy resources, etc.

Etymology

The term "Russicism" or "Rashism" is artificially formed by combining the English word "Russia" with the international word "fascism". The consonance of the words rashism and racism is played out. Russicism is a kind of totalitarian, fascist ideology, a symbiosis of the basic principles of fascism and stalinism. It is the basis of Russia's barbaric geopolitics aimed at the occupation and annexation of other states, often marked with the stamp of "gathering Russian lands" and based on local collaboration and support for Russia's fifth column.

History

The term became widespread in informal circles in 2008, during Russo-Georgian War. The second wave of proliferation of the term occurred during the annexation of Ukrainian peninsula Crimea by the Russian Federation, the downing of a Boeing 777 near Donetsk on July 17, 2014, the start of the Russo-Ukrainian War in 2014 and the start of full-scale invasion in Ukraine in February 2022.

It was first introduced by Herzen in his novel The Past and Thoughts (1868) in the form of "Russianism" to denote the extremist trend in Muscoviteism. The revival of the term is due to the President of the Chechen Republic of Ichkeria Dzhokhar Dudayev, who saw the main feature of Russianism in Russia's territorial expansion in the Caucasus, this line of perception was continued by Shamil Basayev and Aslan Maskhadov, for example.

Among the many radical nationalist movements of the 1990s in Russia is the far-right fascist People's National Party of Russia (PNP), founded in 1994 by Alexander Ivanov-Sukharevsky, a film director by training, and Alexei Shiropaev, inspired by fascism. Orthodoxy and Cossack movements and spread the ideology, which she called "Russian". This ideology was a combination of populism, racial and anti-Semitic mysticism, national environmentalism, Orthodoxy, and nostalgia for the Tsar. The party numbered only a few thousand members, but historically influenced the extra-parliamentary scene in Russia through the well-known newspapers I am Russian, Heritage of Ancestors and Era Rossii. The party soon ran into trouble with the law for inciting ethnic hatred, the Ya Russky newspaper was eventually banned in 1999 and Ivanov-Sukharevsky was sentenced to several months in prison, but after his release he remained an important figure in circles close to Russian writers for a long time. and continued his activities.

The main features and characteristics of Russian fascism

At the heart of russicism, which is already fully established in the official ideology, are the denial of the rule of law and the assertion of the rule of force, disrespect for the sovereignty of neighboring countries and self-assertion through arbitrariness and violence. In general, these traits are inherent in any Russian government and inherited from the Golden Horde. One of the foundations of russicism is the ideology of the spiritual theory of the Russian Orthodox Church about the "divine election" of the Russians.

According to Russian historian Alexander Skobov, russicism is an eclectic mix of great-power chauvinism, nostalgia for the Soviet past and obscurantist Orthodoxy. Russian fascsim is also characterized by contempt for the individual, the desire to dissolve the individual in the "majority" and suppress the minority. It is characterized by disbelief in democratic procedures, because "all this is only an instrument of subtle manipulation" (Russian fascsim itself prefers crude manipulation). Russian fascsim is based on the fact that the "people's spirit" and "higher general interest" are manifested not through formal electoral mechanisms, but in an irrational, mystical way - through the leader who became so because he managed to clean up everyone else.

Political scientist Stanislav Belkovsky argues that russicism is disguised as anti-fascism, but has a fascist face and essence. Political scientist Ruslan Klyuchnik notes that the Russian elite considers itself entitled to build its own "sovereign democracy" without reference to Western standards, but taking into account Russia's traditions of state-building. Administrative resources in Russia are one of the means of preserving the democratic facade, which hides the mechanism of absolute manipulation of the will of citizens.

Russian political scientist Andrey Piontkovsky argues that the ideology of Russian fascism is in many ways similar to German fascism (Nazism), while the speeches of President Vladimir Putin reflect similar ideas to those of Adolf Hitler.

Ideology of Russian fascism

Charateristics

Russicism is a quasi-ideology that is a controversial mixture of empire, great-power chauvinism, and religious traditionalism, based largely on nostalgia for the Soviet past. Ideology opposes Western, liberal-democratic values ​​and institutions, including free elections and other civil rights and freedoms. The ideology of russicism is based on hatred and envy of Western democracies — European Union, the United Kingdom, the United States, Canada, Australia etc. At the heart of this ideology is the cult of the national leader, who has restored Russia's "greatness."

The ideology of russicism bizarrely combines views of the world as a field of total bestial struggle for survival with a claim to high spirituality, to which, according to racists, the rest of the world can not rise. At the same time, this ideology is the quintessence of hooliganism and rudeness. At the same time, certain manifestations of Western culture, such as the legalization of prostitution, the rights of sexual minorities ("gayropa"), drug addicts, etc., can be used to justify the "lack of spirituality" in other nations or vice versa — as Russia's civilized community. Russicism is a combination of the concept of the "special way" so much talked about by the Bolsheviks with the Nazi idea of ​​superiority, but not racial, but spiritual — in the end it gave a deadly mixture, called the "Russian world".

Professor Oleh Hryniv believes that russicism should be clearly distinguished from putinism, because russicism concerns the ideological justification of the adventurous policy of the current Russian dictator Putin — Moscow imperialism, which unites ideological rivals (party ideologues and chauvinists and chauvinists and anti-communist communists). territories of the former empire; Bolshevism can now be seen only as a form of racism. In turn, the clerical version of racism is trying to implement the Moscow Patriarch Kirill, as evidenced by his concept of "Russian world". At the heart of russicism is the rejection of Western civilization, which is opposed to a kind of Russian (Eurasian) civilization. Moscow intellectuals agree with autocrat Putin, who seeks to end the tsarist and Bolshevik Ukrainocide. Today, russicism is the ideological basis of putinism. History has confirmed that russicism primarily involves the destruction of Ukrainians as a national community.

Functions

According to Professor Oleksandr Kostenko, russicism is an ideology that is “based on illusions and justifies the admissibility of any arbitrariness for the sake of misinterpreted interests of Russian society. In foreign policy, racism manifests itself, in particular, in violation of the principles of international law, imposing its version of historical truth on the world solely in favor of Russia, abusing the right of veto in the UN Security Council, and so on. In domestic politics, racism is a violation of human rights to freedom of thought, persecution of members of the "dissent movement", the use of the media to misinform their people, and so on." Oleksandr Kostenko also considers russicism a manifestation of sociopathy.

Russicism has a substitute function for religion, giving the adherent a sense of belonging to the struggle between "good and evil", filling his existence with meaning, justifying the hardships and sacrifices he brings in reality, ridding him of inferiority complex.

According to Mykola Tomenko, "russicism" is a misanthropic ideology that does not differ significantly in content from fascism or stalinism. Russia, which initially fought for information and ideology, supports all methods (including military ones) around the world to destroy those who do not support the ideology of the "Russian world" and envisages the implementation of this ideology by any means.

Supporter of Russian fascism

Proponents of the ideology of russicism are usually called "russicists", sometimes "vatnik".

The psychology of russicists is the psychology of hostility, the notion that even in Russia there are foreigners everywhere. This psychology is possessed by people who are deeply offended by the imaginary or real humiliations to which the West has subjected them. But in times when "Russia is strong", the racists allegedly have the opportunity to take revenge.

One of the most famous russicists, Russian actor Ivan Okhlobystin, believes that "russicism is the choice of the wise" and proves his loyalty to his beliefs with a tattoo on his arm, which he calls the "brand of russicism". Okhlobystin says about racism as follows:

Russicism is good. It is consolidating, internationally, progressively. Russicism is the ability to feel involved in something deeply right, spiritual, stemming from the realization that Russia is now the last bastion to contain the black wave of faceless individualism, cynical consumption, bestial lust and indifferent cruelty. Russicism is a living, trembling heart, full of faith in the possibility of making everyone on earth happy. Russicism is the ideology of the hero. Russicism is the poetry of a lover. Russicism is the mercy of a saint. Russicism is the choice of the wise. I would be proud if I was considered a russicist. I would try to answer this high name. Long live Russicism!

Superficial, suspicious ("enemies are around, everyone wants to eat us") and in general quite vicious attitude to this corrupt world, the view of it as a potential prey, the racists combine with a childish naive image that "we are nobody not to love. They want to be loved as well — like Big Brother. Rashists extend patriarchal principles to relations between peoples. They are convinced that love can be forced, that "tolerate-fall in love", that "beats — means love", because "for their own good."

See also

• Russian world
• Eurasianism
• Propaganda in the Russian Federation
• Anti-Ukrainian sentiment

• Russianism
• Putinism
• Political groups under Vladimir Putin's presidency
• Russian Fascist Party