From: imbibe@mindspring.com   
      
   Rashism; a portmanteau of "Russia" and "fascism"; aka ruscism, or Russian   
   fascism, is a term used by scholars, politicians and publicists to describe   
   the political ideology and social practices of the Russian authorities of   
   the late 20th and early 21st centuries. It is also used to refer to the   
   ideology of Russian military expansionism, and has been used as a label   
   to describe an undemocratic system and nationality cult mixed with   
   ultranationalism and a cult of personality. That transformation was   
   described as based on the ideas of the "special civilizational mission"   
   of the Russians, such as Moscow as the third Rome and expansionism, which   
   manifests itself in anti-Ukrainianism. The term "Rashist" is also widely   
   used by the Ukrainian officials and media to more generally identify members   
   of the Russian Armed Forces and supporters of Russian military aggression   
   against Ukraine.   
      
   The concept was first coined and popularized by the President of the   
   Chechen Republic of Ichkeria, Dzhokhar Dudayev, during the First Chechen   
   War in 1995, and he referred to it many times in interviews. It became   
   more internationally well-known after the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine.   
      
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rashism   
      
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