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Analyst calls Lavrov speech “nostalgia for the Soviet Union”

September 27, 2026 Al Jazeera (video) 1 min read
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Analyst calls Lavrov speech “nostalgia for the Soviet Union”

Former Pentagon director of Arabian Peninsula affairs David Des Roches tells Al Jazeera Lavrov’s speech reflects “nostalgia for the Soviet Union” and an effort to reassert Moscow’s old sphere of influence. He says much of the rhetoric on neo‑Nazism is ideological “window dressing” for power politics and claims of sovereignty over former Soviet states, including Ukraine and the Baltic NATO members.

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