Russia uses a wide range of domestic tools to integrate society as well as to justify aggression. This includes an extensive system of control over public opinion. Interpretation of events in Ukraine contrary to the official position of Moscow is criminalized.
Political propaganda which is central to Russia’s military machine has overtaken state television and media.
The task of Russian propaganda is to create an image of Ukraine as a failed state controlled by the Nazis, who are destroying all Russian speakers and plan to destroy Russia, and led by the collective West and NATO.
At the same time, the lack of developed civil society institutions in the country leads to the political atomization of opponents of the Putin regime, when the vast majority of Russians do not want to change anything and make the government stop the war against Ukraine.
In Ukraine in Flames #37 we are talking about Russia’s internal principles that legitimize the war against Ukraine.
Speakers:
- Petro Burkovskyi, Senior Fellow at Ilko Kucherov Democratic Initiatives Foundation
- Olexiy Haran, Prof. of Comparative Politics, University of Kyiv Mohyla Academy; Research Director, Democratic Initiatives Foundation
- Anna Osypchuk, Director for Research of School of Political Analysis of Ukrainian National University of Kyiv-Mohyla Academy
- Andrii Kokotiukha, Ukrainian fiction writer
UKRAINE IN FLAMES project is created by Ukraine Crisis Media Center, Ukrainian Catholic University’s analitical center and NGO “Euroatlantic Course”. We are aiming at searching a loud support for Ukraine in the war started by Russia on the 24th of February 2022.
If you want to support Ukraine against Russian aggression, check the link with recommendations by Ukraine Crisis Media Center – https://uacrisis.org/en/help-ukraine.
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