Scholar called 'Putin's brain' attacked on Chinese internet

The logo of Chinese social media app Weibo is seen on a mobile phone in this illustration picture taken Dec. 7, 2021. FILE - In this photo taken on Aug. 11, 2016, Aleksander Dugin, the Russian political commentator, sits in his TV studio in central Moscow.

Aleksander Dugin, a Russian nationalist ideologue and strong supporter of President Vladimir Putin, has been bombarded with attacks on Chinese social media, where netizens criticized and mocked his Russian expansionist views that had once included the dismembering of China.