‘For We Are One People.’ Russo-Ukrainian War in V. Putin's Russia's Official Discourse

Abstrakt

This paper focuses on the official discourse of V. Putin’s Russia regarding the Russo–Ukrainian war (2014–present). Its aim is to analyze recurring pro–Kremlin war narratives, identify the discursive strategies employed by Russian authorities, and extract the common topoi found within them. Additionally, it draws parallels between the narratives of World War II and the Russo–Ukrainian war. I propose that: a) V. Putin’s Russia functions as a memory authoritarian regime, recreating the Soviet memory regime regarding World War II and using memory on a global scale, and b) the Russo–Ukrainian war has significant potential to evolve into a new myth for Russian society.