Propaganda, authoritarianism and Russia’s invasion of Ukraine

Persecution, Pogroms and Genocide: A Conceptual Framework and New Evidence

“…Only 72 are classified as Economics. 4 This is similar in spirit toOchsner and Roesel (2021) whose work on "Mobilizing History" describes how Austria's far-right Freedom Party (FPÖ) appealed to anti-Muslim sentiment and succeeded more in municipalities around Vienna that were besieged by Turkish troops in 1529 and 1683 Alyukov (2022). argues that the Russian regime is able to maintain public support of the ongoing invasion of Ukraine using a combination of media control and narratives which "portray Russian as a 'besieged fortress' surrounded by enemies" (p.764).…”

The EU and NATO Approaches to the Black Sea Region. Proceedings of the EUXGLOB II International Conference

“…Finally, the plant's location on the Dnipro River means that any release of radiation could also spread to the Black Sea. 56 The international community and institutions, particularly IAEA, have asked Russia to allow inspectors access and to create a demilitarized zone around the facility. U.N. Secretary General Antonio Guterres called for all military forces to be withdrawn from the plant, a call that the US, Ukraine and at least 40 other countries have supported.…”

“…Among them was the fact that under Johnson's mayorship of London, the capital became a safe haven for many Russian oligarchs close to the Kremlin and involved in illicit financial schemes. 56 This prompted some to consider that there was a Primat der Innenpolitik in the British diplomacy towards the Ukrainian crisis fuelled by a domestic contestation the prime minister was facing. 57 Johnson distanced himself from other EU leaders, like the French president Emmanuel Macron or German Chancellor Olaf Scholz who advocated not only de-escalation and dialogue with Moscow but also a ceasefire at the expense of Kyiv even recognizing its territorial losses.…”

“…58 According to a piece published by Fiona Hill and Angela Stent in Foreign Affairs, Russia and Ukraine might have agreed on a negotiated interim settlement to stop hostilities in April, 59 but as reported by Ukrainian sources (and this is not mentioned in the Hill and Stent article) it was Johnson's intervention that convinced Zelensky not to accept. 60 After his forced 56 Oliver Bullough, "Boris Johnson Claims the UK Is Rooting out Dirty Russian Money. That's Ludicrous," The Guardian, February 25, 2022, https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/ 2022/feb/25/boris-johnson-russian-money-britain-mafia-state-security.…”

“…willing to escalate a conventional war. 56 The sanctions regime against Moscow does not appear to be working as efficiently as it was expected (and punitive measures adopted before the invasion, including a more active NATO presence on the Eastern flank, have failed in preventing the start of the war) and it will not be able to force Russia to change course. What might ultimately be needed is a new containment strategy that would increase the war costs to Russia to such a degree that it forces an internal change to bring about the downfall of Putin's regime 57 -which would solve at least some problems, but not all of them; after all, a Russia without Putin would not suddenly turn into, say, Canada.…”