Prominent Russian philosopher and ideologue Alexander Dugin said in a November 22, 2025 interview on Al-Mashhad TV (UAE) that Russia views the Ukraine War as an existential conflict imposed on it by the liberal globalist West.
He stated that if Russia wins, “there will be no Ukraine,” insisting Moscow cannot tolerate what he called a hostile, anti-Russian entity with “criminal ideologies” on its border.
Dugin added that if the West wins, the outcome would be the same — because Russia would resort to nuclear weapons to protect its sovereignty. He claimed the West is losing the conflict due to the strength of the “Russian soul,” society, and technology, and argued that Western leaders must recognize their error and pursue good relations with Russia instead of confrontation.
NEWSRAEL: WHY THIS IS IMPORTANT
Dugin is not a fringe figure — he is widely viewed as an influential ideological voice for the Kremlin’s nationalist camp in general, and for President Putin in particular. His words reflect an increasingly aggressive Russian narrative that frames the Ukraine conflict as a civilizational struggle with the West. His open threat of nuclear escalation underscores the severity of Moscow’s worldview and the danger of further Western miscalculation. For Israel and the US-led bloc, these statements highlight the growing instability caused by authoritarian regimes willing to brand Western nations as existential enemies.