Is Russia an Imperialist Power?

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1. Only a Marxist lens could manage to obfuscate such a crystal clear issue. The answer is yes, and it requires no analysis of anything remotely economic, merely of Russia’s ongoing and repeated wars of conquest against its neighbors since at least 2008, arguably earlier. It is actively re-building an empire through overt use of military force. It is obviously an imperialist power.

2. There’s absolutely no doubt that Russia Is an imperialist power currently engaged in an imperialist war for resources.

3. lol does this question even need to be asked?

   Yes.

4. Yes. Unless were using Lenin’s definition. Btw lenin was an imperialist too.

5. Russia expanded during the 17th century and took control over large territories of other people. Look at a map of russia and you will see that many of these territories still withim Russian borders, and you have large minorities like kazans, tartars, Irkoutsk etc. These territories have sent their surplus to moscow and remains underdeveloped and poor. It is a fair chance more of these would have gotten out after the collapse of USSR had it not been for the way imperial Russia, but in particular Stalin changed borders, displaced people and killed local elites to forever prevent independence. Russia is not only imperial, it is colonialist.

6. When has Russia not been an imperialist power?

7. Yes it is. A country may have legitimate border concerns. It is within its rights to do all it can to secure its borders through internal security measures. The second you tell another country what to do to address your own concerns — no matter how valid — you become an imperialist power. You promote the idea that it is okay to violate another country’s sovereignity over your own interests. And you do it knowing they are a smaller country, and that you can overwhelm them with force.

8. Yes, but so is the United States

9. Well I’m glad someone woke up from their 400 year nap

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