A longtime former Vladimir Putin strategist, billed as the “inventor of Putinism,” gave his first interview since the widescale invasion of Ukraine, saying Russia expansionism knows no borders.

“I built an official ideology based on the concept of the ‘Russian world,’ which already existed in philosophical circles: The Russian world has no borders,” Vladislav Sourkov, called the “wizard of the Kremlin” told French newspaper L’Express in an exclusive interview last month, which was republished this week in Danish newspaper Politiken. “The Russian world is everywhere there is Russian influence, in one form or another: cultural, informational, military, economic, ideological or humanitarian.

“In other words, it is everywhere. The extent of our influence varies greatly from region to region, but it is never zero. So we will spread out in all directions, as far as God wills and as strong as we are.

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