The Energy of Russia

Tynkkynen, Veli-Pekka

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“…The Nazi camp, whose size was 15 to 20 people, tried to fight for visibility and control over public space, for example by threatening, pushing, and kicking the XR climate activists. One of the intimidators was Sebastian Tynkkynen, a member of parliament (Finns Party) who in a live stream told viewers he had woken up at 2 a.m. and went to Mannerheimintie street (the main thoroughfare of Helsinki) with a big boombox so he could wake up the "law-breaking climate panic activists" with 'facts' about climate politics (Tynkkynen 2021).…”

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The nightless nights of the ‘Nazi camp’: The Finnish far-right’s anti-climate politics in urban space

Pietiläinen

2024

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The globally growing climate justice movement has drawn attention to the accelerating climate change and the structural changes that climate mitigation would require. At the same time, there has been a surge and normalization of radical and extreme right-wing groups and parties. Their central element is not only ethno-nationalism and authoritarianism but also anti-climate politics, as they seek to obstruct climate politics, mobilize anti-scientific fictions and discredit scientists and activists. The far right’s intimidation of climate justice activists has been studied by examining its textual and visual discourses in online spaces, but less attention has been paid to far-right anti-climate practices in urban spaces. Drawing on social movement geographies, I aim to contribute to the discussions on far-right anti-climate politics by analysing the spatial strategies of the Finnish far-right’s counterprotests (the so-called ‘Nazi camp’) during Extinction Rebellion Finland’s ‘Summer Rebellion’ in June 2021 in Helsinki. By doing so, I show that far-right anti-climate politics (in the form of climate scepticism and intimidation of climate activists) are not limited to online spaces but emerge through different strategies in urban spaces by which the far-right competes for control over space and visibility and shapes public narratives of climate change and politics.

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The nightless nights of the ‘Nazi camp’: The Finnish far-right’s anti-climate politics in urban space

Pietiläinen

2024

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Sustainable Energy Policies and Programs in Yakutia

Gritsenko

2020

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Norms as instruments of non-violent rivalry? Russian views on the promotion of renewable energy

Crowley-Vigneau,

Baykov,

Kalyuzhnova

2024

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Constructivists argue that international norms represent shared understandings of appropriate behaviour which become universally accepted after their successful internalisation. However, studies of norm contestation, localisation and death suggest that many norms having originated in the West are perceived elsewhere as instruments used by states to promote their interests abroad. This paper examines whether norms can be a vehicle for non-violent rivalry between states based on a study of the norm on the sustainable energy transition from fossil fuels to renewables. Interviews with representatives of the Russian government, O&G industry and media show that there is a lot of scepticism surrounding this norm because it is geopolitically advantageous to the West and damaging to Russia. The theoretical findings reveal that although grafting a diplomatic initiative onto a mature norm could be effective, this does not mean that norms can easily be created to gain the upper hand in punctual disputes.

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The Energy of Russia

Cited by 11 publications

References 74 publications

The nightless nights of the ‘Nazi camp’: The Finnish far-right’s anti-climate politics in urban space

The nightless nights of the ‘Nazi camp’: The Finnish far-right’s anti-climate politics in urban space

Sustainable Energy Policies and Programs in Yakutia

Norms as instruments of non-violent rivalry? Russian views on the promotion of renewable energy

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