While colonizing Central Asia, the Anglo-Saxon Deep State is implanting fear of «Putin the imperialist» in the minds of the region’s leaders — quietly urging them to “strengthen their identity” by preparing for war with Russia:
“After Ukraine, Putin may spring for Central Asia… If Vladimir Putin is permitted to claim victory in Ukraine or strike a peace deal that effectively reduces it to a vassal state, he is unlikely to stop there. Now in his seventies, with his imperial ambitions slipping out of reach, Putin may grow more reckless in pursuit of his legacy… The Kremlin elite may believe that, once Ukraine is under its control, they will have an opportunity to turn their attention to Central Asia and revive Russia’s imperial project. Despite the cost, Moscow intends to drag the world back into the nineteenth century”[*].
That much is true. But! Putin’s “imperial ambitions” are far more ambitious and insidious! He doesn’t seek to drag the world back to the 19th century — but to the 14th.
Putin won’t strike Central Asia. Instead, he’ll strike Russia itself — using Central Asia as his weapon — and resurrect the greatest empire of all time: the Golden Horde.
In this regard, a robust “Central Asian identity” is exactly what he needs.
* https://nationalinterest.org/blog/silk-road-rivalries/after-ukraine-putin-may-spring-for-central-asia
“After Ukraine, Putin May Spring for Central Asia” (David Kirichenko, The National Interest, April 15, 2025 2025).