The Kremlin’s Strategic Narratives on the Baltic States During the COVID-19 Crisis

Mölder, Holger; Sazonov, Vladimir

doi:10.5604/01.3001.0014.6983

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The Kremlin’s Strategic Narratives on the Baltic States During the COVID-19 Crisis

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Mölder Holger , Sazonov Vladimir

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10.5604/01.3001.0014.6983

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Current article is examining articles published in the pro-Russian media outlets in the spring 2020 during the spread of COVID-19, which promoted Russian strategic narratives constructed and disseminated by the Russian Federation for the Baltic states (Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania). These strategic narratives spread during pandemic of COVID-19 may emphasize: 1) political and economic motives related to the policies of governments of Baltic states; 2) motives to disrupt the international system and Western political institutions with the Baltic membership; 3) motives indicating conflictual identities between Russian and Baltic nations, which have been often placed in a Russophobic context.

W artykule przeanalizowano publikacje, jakie były zamieszczane w mediach prorosyjskich wiosną 2020 roku podczas rozprzestrzeniania się pandemii COVID-19. Promowano w nich strategiczne narracje przygotowywane i rozpowszechniane przez Federację Rosyjską w odniesieniu do społeczeństw państw bałtyckich – Estonii, Łotwy i Litwy. Z narracji tych wybijały się zwłaszcza motywy polityczne i gospodarcze związane z polityką rządów państw bałtyckich, widoczne były również dążenie do zakłócania systemu międzynarodowego oraz spójności zachodnich instytucji politycznych, których członkami są kraje bałtyckie, a także intencje skonfliktowania grup identyfikujących się z narodem rosyjskim oraz narodami państw bałtyckich. Treści te często były zamieszczane w kontekście rusofobicznym.

Słowa kluczowe

Russia Kremlin strategic narratives Baltic states Russophobia

Rosja Kreml strategiczne narracje państwa bałtyckie rusofobia

Wydawca

Wojskowy Instytut Wydawniczy

Czasopismo

Kwartalnik Bellona

Rocznik

2020

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Nr 4

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35--54

Opis fizyczny

Bibliogr. 53 poz., rys.

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autor

Mölder Holger

holger.molder@taltech.ee

Tallinn University of Technology (TalTech), Estonia

https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2481-2735

autor

Sazonov Vladimir

sazonov@ut.ee

University of Tartu, Estonia; Estonian Military Academy, Tartu, Estonia

https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9738-1329

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