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Date
2017-02-14Type
- Journal Issue
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Abstract
This edition examines questions of identity politics. Firstly, Bruno De Cordier outlines how the driving forces behind the insurgency in Donetsk and Lugansk are more complex than often assumed, highlighting the emergence of a “resistance identity” based on Donbass identity, the legacies of the USSR, the Great Patriotic War and anti-fascism, Orthodox Christianity, the freemen identity of the steppe of Novorossiia, and anti-colonial resistance. Secondly, Viatcheslav Morozov assesses Russian identity politics, arguing that the current strategy of emphasising ‘traditional values’ stands in contrast to Russia’s modern and urbanised society, a contradiction that, in the long run, will undermine Russia’s quest for great power status. Show more
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https://doi.org/10.3929/ethz-b-000176263Publication status
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Russian Analytical Digest (RAD)Volume
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Forschungsstelle Osteuropa; ETH Zurich, Center for Security Studies (CSS)Organisational unit
03515 - Wenger, Andreas / Wenger, Andreas
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