The Kremlin ideologue drops the mask and launches a subtle maneuver to take control of the MAGA movement
The interview granted by Alexander Dugin to Paideuma.TV on September 24, 2025, and broadcast by Sputnik about the death of Charlie Kirk marks a decisive step in the construction of a transatlantic ideological narrative. A neo-Eurasian philosopher, considered one of the inspirers of the Kremlin’s messianic thinking, Dugin elevates Kirk to the rank of Christian martyr, a symbol of the primordial purity of MAGA, and designates his death as a “systemic turning point” comparable to a providential sign.
By contrast, Trump is portrayed as hesitant, tempted by compromises with Israel, the Republican establishment, and the state apparatus. The message is clear: the political leader remains legitimate if he stays aligned with Russia and the theologico-political narrative of MAGA; if he strays, he risks a form of “excommunication,” the movement — which is the subject of an X post on September 24, 2025 at 08:54 — being able to continue without him under the aegis of the sanctified figure of Kirk. This rhetorical operation illustrates a remarkable attempt by Dugin: to arrogate to himself the role of spiritual arbiter of American populism, to tie its destiny to that of Moscow, and to make Russian messianism the matrix of a global conservative front.
By canonizing a secondary actor of the American conservative movement, he shifts the center of gravity of MAGA away from the sole figure of Donald Trump: Kirk becomes the spiritual reference and the standard of fidelity in the battle “of light against darkness,” meaning against liberal and globalist elites.
The line of investigation closely followed by the FBI, suggesting that Charlie Kirk’s death may go beyond an isolated act, raises the question of a potential structured motive that investigators must clarify.
Whatever the conclusions, Russia has already found in this tragedy a strategic opportunity — and given how swiftly it has been able to exploit it, it would not be surprising if it had even been its inspirer.
As Dugin’s interview shows, Moscow is exploiting the event to impose, on an ideological terrain it has clearly “worked,” a Christ-like figure embodied by Kirk and meant to symbolically overshadow @POTUS.
This narrative shift — from the political leader to a sanctified martyr — illustrates the Kremlin’s ability to divert an American tragedy, apparently unrelated to it, in order to feed its own messianism and weaken Trump’s centrality by instrumentalizing MAGA.
Troubling points identified in the inquiry into the assassination of Charlie Kirk
- Suspicious behaviors in the podium environment
- Multiple witnesses report atypical movements in the public zone near the podium, some individuals apparently flouting security instructions.
- Amateur video footage shows contradictory movements (arrivals and repeated departures) in the immediate vicinity of the intervention site.
2. Security of the gathering
- The event gathered more than 100,000 people in the Phoenix stadium, under an officially reinforced security arrangement.
- Nevertheless, the shooter was able to approach within an effective firing distance, raising the issue of a breach or involuntary complicity in the filtering setup.
3. Shooter’s profile (Tyler Robinson, 22 years old)
- Described as psychologically unstable and living with a transgender partner.
- Yet equipped with a rifle bearing targeted inscriptions, suggesting ideological preparation.
- The contradiction between his “isolated and fragile” profile and the technical means used feeds the hypothesis of manipulation or direction.
4. Flight trajectory of September 10
- An aircraft departed Provo (PVU) Airport at 13:12 MDT, landed at Page (PGA) at 13:47, departed again at 14:30, and returned to PVU at 15:08.
- The flight was executed per declared flight plan, without transponder shutdown.
- The apparent normalcy contrasts with the sensitivity of the event and the timing close to the assassination, warranting deeper verification.
To these publicly disclosed leads by FBI Director Kash Patel on September 23, 2025 at 5:39, one can now add the objective effects on the cognitive level: this new war has a spatial dimension:
- Public reactions and divergent perception
- In conservative circles: unanimity around the figure of Kirk, instantly sanctified.
- In opposing milieus: displays of mockery or minimization, seen as signals of extreme polarization.
- These divergences intensify the climate of hostility and push partisan divisions to their apex, reinforcing the hypothesis of ideological exploitation.
- Foreign exploitation of the tragedy
- Russian ideologue Alexander Dugin publicly presented Kirk as a Christian martyr and attempted to reposition MAGA as a spiritual force aligned with Russia.
- This narrative appropriation clearly aims to weaken Trump’s centrality and internationalize the ideological conflict by integrating it into Russian messianism.
Such ideological maturation in two weeks is blazing. Normally, it takes time for symbols to crystallize. It could means that Douguine has a very faster mind. Here, one has the impression of a narrative preparation in advance, ready to deploy as soon as a dramatic event could serve as a catalyst.
This corresponds well to Dugin’s method:
- identify a fault line or a tragedy,
- immediately integrate it into his “civilizational war” framework,
- and impose an alternate narrative before others have time to establish a competing reading or defend themselves effectively.
⚠️ It is this rapidity that makes his intervention particularly troubling: it suggests that the ideological terrain was already “worked,” and that the assassination was instrumentalized almost in real time in an attempt to seize control of the meaning to be attributed to the event.
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