Eurasian Invasion: An Ideology Without Borders In Krytyka, No. 3 (41), 2001, pp. 6–9.

Irina Zhdanova's article is devoted to the problem of institutionalizing marginal imperial ideas in contemporary Russian political discourse. The author analyzes how the concept of Eurasianism, as interpreted by Alexander Duhin, is gradually losing its status as a radical ideology and gaining influence among state authorities. The study traces how Eurasian rhetoric, combining geopolitical reductionism, nationalist mythology, and occult motifs, has become a means of legitimizing Russia's neo-imperial policy toward neighboring states, primarily Ukraine. Particular attention is paid to how Ukrainian statehood is presented in Eurasian discourse not as an independent political reality, but as a geopolitical misunderstanding that needs to be «corrected». The article proves that Eurasian ideology, despite its extremist nature, is capable of integrating into official rhetoric and becoming an instrument of political mobilization. Zhdanova emphasizes that behind the apparent pragmatism of Russia's foreign policy lies a consistent strategy of ideological expansion, combining narratives of revanchism, cultural mission, and spatial fatalism.