ISW analyses Putin's strategy to fight "extremism" from Ukraine
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Mon, 30 Dec 2024 03:44:44 +0200
The Institute for the Study of War ISW has analysed Russian ruler Vladimir Putins new strategy for countering extremism.
Putin is forced to please his electorate while balancing the Russian Federations need for manpower for its economy and army.
Source Institute for the Study of War ISW Details Analysts note that Putin has enshrined his socalled policy of denazification of Ukraine in a new state strategy document on countering alleged extremism, demonstrating that he continues to make the same demands for the removal of the Ukrainian government that he made in 2022 when he launched the fullscale invasion of Ukraine.
Putin signed a new strategy for countering extremism in Russia on 28 December.
The report points out that Putin signed the last iteration of the strategy in 2020.
The 2024 strategy, for the first time, references Russophobia, defining it as unfriendly, prejudiced and hostile attitudes, along with discriminatory actions, targeting Russian citizens, language, and culture by states considered unfriendly to Russia.
Quote from ISW The 2024 document, unlike the 2020 version, also lists Ukraine as a main source of extremism and accuses Ukraine of disseminating neoNazi ideas.
The document states that Russia needs to eliminate the source of extremist threats that come from Ukraine.
Details Experts recall that in February 2022, when Putin initiated the fullscale invasion of Ukraine, he justified it by claiming that Russia was denazifying Ukrainea narrative used to legitimise the ousting of Ukraines legitimate, democratically elected government.
Experts add that Putin has made similar statements recently, reiterating his refusal to consider compromises on his demands made in late 2021 and early 2022.
Quote from the ISW The documents mentions of Russophobia and discrimination against Russian citizens, language, and culture also align with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrovs recent talking point that such alleged discrimination by the current Ukrainian authorities is a root cause of Russias war against Ukraine that any future negotiations must address.
The Kremlin will likely exploit this new strategy document to justify its calls for the removal of the Ukrainian government as antiextremist measures.
Details The review notes that the strategy signed by Putin includes elements designed to appeal to Russias promilitary ultranationalist community, which is likely part of the Kremlins strategy to consolidate and strengthen support from this influential group.
The document claims that migrants in Russia are involved in illegal activities that contribute to the spread of extremism across Russias federal subjects.
It calls for stricter migration policies, including efforts to combat propaganda activities in areas where migrants reside.
Additionally, it recommends revising educational programmes in the South Caucasus and Central Asia to curb the spread of Russophobia.
ISW highlights that Russias ultranationalist war bloggers have repeatedly called for stricter migration policies and have expressed concerns about Russophobia in former Soviet republics such as Kazakhstan.
Quote from the ISW ISW continues to assess that Putin must cater to his xenophobic and ultranationalist constituency some of the staunchest supporters of Russias war in Ukraine while also balancing Russias need for migrant labour for its economy and military.
To quote the ISWs Key Takeaways on 29 December Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov explicitly rejected two suggestions reportedly considered by US Presidentelect Donald Trumps team in early November 2024 as conditions for ending the war in Ukraine the delay of Ukraines membership in NATO for 20 years and the deployment of European peacekeepers in Ukraine.
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