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McMillan Chair of Russian Studies, Institute of European, Russian and Eurasian Studies (EURUS), Carleton University

Project Director, Russian Media Observation and Reporting (RuMOR)

Editor-in-Chief, Communist and Post-Communist Studies

Faculty Profilehttps://carleton.ca/eurus/people/j-paul-goode/
Communist and Post-Communist Studieshttps://online.ucpress.edu/cpcs

Working on your Spring syllabus, article, lit review, or seminar paper?

We've got you covered with the Communist and Post-Communist Studies Reading Lists, updated for January 2024!

With links to special issues and key articles from the last decade, categorized by region and subject:

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1KVF2TVIxEKaKL4tIpEro6Z5zUpeFxpva/view?usp=sharing

CPCS Reading Lists January 2024.pdf

Google Docs

The December issue of Communist and Post-Communist Studies is online! Featuring a themed section on Political Participation in Post-Communist Europe During the COVID-19 Pandemic, guest edited by Sergiu Gherghina, Joakim Ekman, and Olena Podolian.

https://online.ucpress.edu/cpcs/issue/56/4

Communist and Post-Communist Studies

University of California Press

Note the drop in mentions of nationalist enemies in the previous slide?

Or the sudden rise in mentions of refugees and liberation since October, while mentions of the SMO and patriotism remain relatively unchanged?

Yeah, that's not about Ukraine.

It's about Israel-Hamas.

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Mentions of schemes against Russia and mentions of occupied territories have plummeted, though mentions of the SMO remain relatively stable.

At first glance, it appears to be a return to the geopolitical narratives that Russia peddled in advance of the war. BUT...
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War was mentioned on and off in 2022 until becoming a permanent fixture by mid-January.

Nationalists were mentioned throughout 2022-2023 until October.

If we zoom in on depictions of Russia's enemies, the shift is pretty stark: these days, it's all America, all of the time.
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The decline in mentions of the war since mid-September is easier to see, here.

All mentions are tracked using Integrum's broadcast TV transcripts. Then they are calculated relative to mentions of the weather: below zero = less salient, above zero = more salient.
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🚨November RuMOR update! 🚨

The war continued to slide off Russian TV in Sep-Oct, interrupted only by the anniversary of Russia's annexations. And the Israel-Hamas war has done Russia a favor in domestic propaganda.

But first, the obligatory spaghetti chart!

#Russia #RussiaUkraine #UkraineRussiaWar

Wonderful to have the incomparable Marlene Laruelle share her insights about “Russia at war” with us at EURUS. A fantastic talk, and robust turnout despite the rain and long weekend for Canadian Thanksgiving!
30 years ago, Russia's elected president and parliament both attempted to seize power. Yeltsin rolled out the tanks. A super-presidential constitution followed in December. Democrats abandoned Yeltsin, who turned to oligarchs for support and put #Russia on the path to #autocracy.
More great books on #Russia and post-communist politics on display at #APSA23:
• Stephen Hall, The Authoritarian International
• Oxana Shevel, Migration, Refugee Policy and State Building in Postcommunist Europe
• Dollbaum, Lallouet & Noble, Navalny