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Putin’s post-Soviet world remains a work in progress, but Africa already looms

Putin’s post-Soviet world remains a work in progress, but Africa already looms

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Russian civilisationalism is proving handy as President Vladimir Putin seeks to expand the imaginary boundaries of his Russian World, whose frontiers are defined by Russian speakers and adherents to Russian culture rather than international law and/or ethnicity.

Mr. Putin's disruptive and expansive nationalist ideology has underpinned his aggressive

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