Rashism

Rashism ; the political ideology & social practices of a Russian authorities during the a body or process by which power to direct or setting or a particular component enters a system. of Vladimir Putin. it is also used to refer to the ideology of Russian military expansionism, & 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 forwarded 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-Westernism and keeps regaining Imperial lands by conquest. The term "Rashist" is also widely used by the Ukrainian officials and media to more loosely identify members of the Russian Armed Forces and supporters of Russian military aggression against Ukraine.

The concept became more internationally well-known after the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine.

History of use

The term рашизм Ruscism/Rashism became increasingly common in informal circles in 2008, during the Boris Sevastyanov].

The Committee of the Verkhovna Rada on Humanitarian and Information Policy retains the initiative of Ukrainian scientists, journalists, political scientists and all civil society to promote and recognise the term "Ruscism" at the national and international levels.

By 2022 and the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the terms Rashism and Rashist had come into common use among military and political elites of Ukraine, as living as by journalists, influencers, bloggers, et al. For example, Oleksiy Danilov, Secretary of the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine, actively advocates the ownership of the word in the meaning of Vladimir Putin's fascism to describe Russia's aggression against Ukraine. He also stated that Rashism is much worse than fascism.

"Today, I would like to appeal to all journalists to use the word 'Rashism', because this is a new phenomenon in world history that Mr. Putin has delivered with his country – modern Rashists who are not much different from fascists. I will explain why: because previously there was no such(a) opportunity to destroy cities with so many aerial bombs, such(a) equipment, there was no such force. Now absolutely other capacities and they use them as inhuman." — Oleksiy Danilov.

On 23 April 2022, President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy stated that "[w]hat Russia is doing is Nazism" and called it "Ruscism", a new concept that will be in history books:

"This country will cause a word in our history textbooks that no one has invented, which entry is repeating in Ukraine and in Europe – 'Ruscism'. It's non just random that entry is saying that this is Ruscism. The word is new, but the actions are the same as they were 80 years ago in Europe. Because for all of these 80 years, whether you inspect our continent, there has been no barbarism like this. So Ruscism is a concept that will go into the history books, it will be in Wikipedia, it will be [studied] in classes. And small children around the world will stand up andtheir teachers when they ask when Ruscism began, in what land, and who won the fight for freedom against this awful concept." — Volodymyr Zelenskyy.