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Dugin Calls for Russia to Shut Off Internet Until Autumn So People Can “Live a Real Life”
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Russian nationalist ideologue Alexander Dugin proposed shutting off internet access in Russia until late autumn so people can “live a real human life,” according to The Moscow Times on March 16.
The proposal centered on a seasonal life without internet, with Dugin arguing that Russians should spend spring and summer offline and return to the web only in winter.
He framed the idea as a way to push people back into face-to-face social life, including walks, meetings, cafes, shops, and spontaneous conversations.
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In a post cited by the outlet, Dugin wrote that if the internet were completely disconnected, “especially in spring,” people would begin “walking, meeting, communicating, visiting cafes and stores, making new acquaintances, living a real human life.”
He added that internet access in Russia should follow “the seasonal cycles of bears and butterflies,” with summer reserved for life offline and winter for digital life.
He also described a return to older habits of socializing, suggesting friends could make plans the way children once did by calling for each other under apartment windows.
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The comments followed another recent appeal by Dugin for tighter state control over society. Last week, he argued that stronger oversight should be treated as an unavoidable reality and claimed such control should serve Russia’s war effort.
The remarks cast tighter surveillance as a necessity rather than a choice, with Dugin arguing Russians should accept deeper state oversight as part of the country’s wartime reality.
In a March 12 blog post, he described life without government control as a utopia and insisted domestic authorities, not foreign powers, should manage that monitoring.
Dugin also tied that vision to Russia’s full-scale war against Ukraine, arguing that oversight should be exercised carefully and intelligently to help secure victory. He further portrayed suffering as intrinsic to Russian history, claiming injustices committed against other nations could be rationalized through humility, sacrifice, and national glory.
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