Aleksandr Dugin

Aleksandr Gelyevich Dugin (Russian: Александр Гельевич Дугин; born 7 January 1962) is a Russian political philosopher,^[6][7] analyst, and strategist. He has been called a fascist for his ideology.^[8] He is also a well known supporter of Vladimir Putin,^[9] although he has no official connections to the Kremlin.^[10] He has been called "Putin's brain" or "Putin's Rasputin" by the media.^[11] He is also known for being an important person around Russian's foreign policy.^[12]

Aleksandr Dugin Александр Дугин
Dugin in 2018
Born	Aleksandr Gelyevich Dugin (1962-01-07) 7 January 1962 (age 63) Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union[1]
Education	Moscow Aviation Institute (no degree)
Spouses	Evgenia Debryanskaya Natalya Melentyeva
Era	Contemporary philosophy
Region	Russian philosophy
School	Neo-Eurasianism (Eurasia Movement) National Bolshevism
Institutions	Moscow State University (2008–2014)
Main interests	Sociology, geopolitics, philosophy
Notable ideas	Neo-Eurasianism The Fourth Political Theory Tellurocracy–thalassocracy distinction[2]
Influences Benoist Boas Eliade Evola Guénon Gumilyov Haushofer Heidegger Hobson Kalajić Kitsikis Lévi-Strauss Mackinder Marx Niekisch Plato Savitsky [ru] Shirokogoroff Scholem Schmitt Spengler Trubetzkoy Ustryalov Weber[3]
Influenced Bannon[4] Belyaev-Gintovt [ru] Karpets [ru] Korovin [ru] Limonov Spencer[5]