https://geopoliticaleconomist.com/authors/jason-havlik Jason Lee Havlik is a military veteran and former security and counterintelligence contractor for the U.S. Department of State and U.S. Department of Defense who writes about geopolitics. en https://geopoliticaleconomist.com/assets/brand/icon-512.pnghttps://geopoliticaleconomist.com/authors/jason-havlik https://geopoliticaleconomist.com/articles/does-russia-alienate-russians-it-later-claims-it-must-protect https://geopoliticaleconomist.com/articles/does-russia-alienate-russians-it-later-claims-it-must-protect Sat, 12 Sep 2026 06:00:00 +0000 Jason Lee Havlik Russia's war has driven Russians into neighbouring countries, potentially creating the very diaspora populations Moscow could someday invoke to justify political pressure or intervention. Russia & Eurasia Europe