Ideology
The National Bolshevik Party advocated the creation of a Russian-dominated empire that would include all of Europe, as well as northern and central Asia. It was vehemently opposed to American foreign policy, and argued that a Eurasian empire would be a counterbalance to capitalist global domination. When Aleksandr Dugin left the NBP to create his own party called Eurasia, the NBP lessened its emphasis on a geopolitical agenda in favor of a national one, concentrating on the defence of Russian minorities in the former Soviet Union republics, and on opposition to the political regime in Russia. Limonov denounced Dugin's conservatism and submissiveness to the regime. The NBP replaced its aggressive Eurasianist and imperialist nationalism with Russian territorial nationalism.
The NBP historically defended Stalinism, although later on the party said it did not wish to re-create that system. The NBP was highly critical of the Vladimir Putin government, and argued that state institutions such as the bureaucracy, the police and the courts were corrupt and authoritarian. The NBP had denied links to fascism, stating that all form of antisemitism, xenophobia and racism were against the principles of the party.
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