Russian and American Far Right Connections: Confluence, Not Influence #AlexanderDugin

(PONARS Policy Memo) The current U.S. debate on Russia is shaped by conspiratorial narratives that see Russia meddling in almost every issue of U.S. political life. This frenzy is reinforced by the fact that Republicans and Democrats now share a relatively similar anti-Russia agenda that is inspired by Cold War “Red Scare” rhetoric. One conspiratorial narrative revolves around connections between Russia and part of the American far right.
— Read on web.archive.org/web/20190421140343/http://www.ponarseurasia.org/node/9641

Scared of Putin’s Shadow

Washington’s latest sanctions have missed the mark. Targeting an ideologue such as Alexander Dugin will do little to punish Russia for its crimes against Ukraine.
— Read on web.archive.org/web/20150823172850/https://www.foreignaffairs.com/articles/russian-federation/2015-03-25/scared-putins-shadow

Dugin certainly tried—but failed—to use the Ukrainian crisis to gain prominence and influence the Kremlin. But he is not the one who made the decision to start the conflict in Crimea or the Donbas. In a way, the sanctions list might please Dugin. He now has greater notoriety in the White House than in the Kremlin.