PUTİN DÖNEMİ RUSYA'NIN UKRAYNA’YA YÖNELİK İŞGAL GİRİŞİMİNİN AVRASYACILIK PERSPEKTİFİNDEN ANALİZİ
ANALYSIS OF RUSSIA'S INVASION ATTEMPT ON UKRAINE DURING PUTIN'S ERA FROM THE PERSPECTIVE OF EURASIANISM

Summary/Abstract: The invasion attempt by Russia towards Ukraine, which began with the annexation of Crimea in 2014 and peaked with the military operations launched by Russian forces against Ukraine in 2022, has deep historical roots. The latest chapter in the relations between the two countries, dating back to the era of the principalities, has evolved into the most tangible crisis in Europe since World War II. This crisis stems from Russia's claims over Ukrainian territories, based on the theses put forward by Russia regarding Ukraine. In this context, it is important to examine the concept of Eurasianism, which envisions both countries within the borders of a central empire, The aim of this study is to examine the impact of Eurasianism on Russian President Vladimir Putin's political mentality behind the discourses on Ukraine by revealing the social and religious myths on which the Eurasianist view is built, and to examine the roots of the historical, religious and geographical theses put forward by the conservative Neo-Eurasianists led by Aleksandr Dugin, one of the most popular representatives of Russian expansionism and Eurasianism in the recent period, in the process leading up to the Ukrainian war and the space it opened for Putin's policies. In this framework, it is concluded that the Eurasianist view is influential in Putin-era Russia's Ukrainian policies and discourses in line with its goal of becoming a global power again.

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