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Going jingo: a classification of the wartime positions of Russia's "systemic opposition" parties.
- Source :
- Post-Soviet Affairs; May2024, Vol. 40 Issue 3, p222-241, 20p
- Publication Year :
- 2024
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Abstract
- This article explores the impact of Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine on party-system dynamics in Russia by analyzing the war-related communication of the five main "systemic opposition" parties, their leaders, and three Communist MPs who initially criticized the invasion. Examining their adoption of established pro-war regime propaganda (anti-Ukrainian, anti-Western, "Z-talk") or anti-war rhetoric, we assess the extent of rhetorical convergence in the party system. Based on a dictionary analysis of over 60,000 posts between February 2021 and February 2023, we find the Communist Party to be the most proactive in its pro-war jingoism, Just Russia leader Sergey Mironov to be the clearest case of a regime mouthpiece for Z-talk, and only Yabloko to provide weak but consistent dissent, while New People and the three Communist MPs avoid both pro-war and anti-war rhetoric. Our findings indicate a functional reconfiguration of the party system, stopping short of full-fledged rhetorical harmonization toward "GDR-ization." [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- RUSSIAN invasion of Ukraine, 2022-
JOB classification
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Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 1060586X
- Volume :
- 40
- Issue :
- 3
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- Post-Soviet Affairs
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 176450277
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1080/1060586X.2024.2324628