Russia Under Vladimir Putin: Is it Fascist?

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Yes, of course. Very classical at that - almost Mussolinesque.

[ag]

It is certainly a right-wing dictatorship, but it is not fascist. Fascism is a very specific ideology that really only fits a handful of historic countries. 

And how exactly is Putin's Russia not fitting it these days?

[ag]

No. In many ways, Putinism runs counter to the Mussolinian spirit of authentic fascism. Do you think the Futurists who declared a race car more beautiful than the Victory of Samothrace would have much truck with the smoky, incense-filled chambers of Eastern Orthodoxy?

Putinism means conservative dictatorship. Nothing more.

He likes the motorbikes

Actually, Rusisan Orthodoxy is very peripheral for the regime. They use it: and it is fairly servile. But for the regime overall it is of a fairly secondary importance.