Do Russians Want War?
Andrei Kolesnikov
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Article June 14, 2016
Article June 14, 2016
War
and terrorism have become increasingly routine facts of life in Russia.
Since 2014, this reality has become an essential tool for stimulating
popular support for Russian President Vladimir Putin.
War and
terrorism have become increasingly routine facts of life in Russia.
Since 2014, this reality has become an essential tool for stimulating
popular support for Russian President Vladimir Putin. The mechanics of
how this support is cultivated and mobilized are now fundamental to the
Kremlin’s day-to-day agenda. At the same time, Moscow’s new (and
sometimes novel) approach to warfare, which runs through the conflicts
in Georgia, Crimea, the Donbas region of southeastern Ukraine, Syria,
and now Turkey, have become central to the future development of Russian
domestic and foreign policy.
It is difficult to overstate the impact that war has on the mass
consciousness of the Russian public. The memory of the Second World War,
or the Great Patriotic War, continues to provide a powerful basis for
national unity. Ideological differences aside, successive Soviet and
Russian governments have sought to legitimize themselves through
mythologized interpretations of the war. Themes that were developed
during the Soviet era are being recycled in an entirely new context.
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