
Putin’s Imperialism
“Russia’s nature as an imperial power is incontrovertible,” Artem Shaipov and Yuliia Shaipova write. “So why has this fundamental, foundational fact about Russia been ignored in the West for so long, including among those who study and analyze the region?” But regardless of the reason, the war in Ukraine has sparked a newfound awareness of Russia’s imperial project, past and present—the nature of Russian imperialism and its relationship to the country’s latest war of conquest. Putin Remains In Day-To-Day Government.