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Putin: Restoration of Destruction
Boris Groys in conversation with Liza Lazerson
No one is asking people in Mali or Peru to live the “Russian way.” This is the difference between today’s Russia and the Soviet Union, because back in those days there were communist organizations and parties in every country of the world. They wanted everyone to live under socialism. It was a universal message aimed at the whole world. But the current “Russian message” is not universal: it is not addressed to the whole world. Second, it makes no sense to anyone. It is incomprehensible even to the Russian people, and even more incomprehensible outside of Russia, because no one understands what this Russian identity is.
e-flux Journal
Posted: April 6, 2022
Category
War & Conflict
Subjects
Russia, Ukraine, Soviet Union