Beware the Anglo-Saxons! Why Russia likes to invoke a medieval tribe when talking about the West
- Written by Peter Rutland, Professor of Government, Wesleyan University
A new, old specter is haunting the world: the bloodthirsty Anglo-Saxons.
Well, that is what the Kremlin wants the world to believe.
Take the new Russian state-backed film “Tolerance.” Released in September 2025 to a less than enthusiastic public response, the dystopian tale of moral decay in the West opens with a warning of an...


