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HowRussianpropagandaworksinGeorgia,GrigolJulukhidze
TheKremlin’sHybridWar
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EurasianUnionwillbebasedonanti-AmericanismandarejectionofuWestern
tendencies”suchassame-sexmarriage,terrorism,massmigration,etc.Inhisbook,
TeFourthPoliticalTeory,Duginalsocriticisesfascism,communismandliberal-
ismasuexpired”ideologiesthatthreatenthetraditionalfamilyandreligiousvalues.
AnotherimportantideologicalpillarofRussianpropagandaisreligiousindoc-
trination.Tisstartedin2004whenRussianMPKonstantinKosachevstated,
uRussiacannotjustifyitsactivepolicyinthepost-SovietspacewhiletheWestis
doingitwitha‘banner’ofdemocracyandouractionsareviewedas‘imperialistic’
.
Tisispatrioticbutnotcompetitive.”Sincethen,theKremlinhasbeenactively
manipulatingtheissueofreligion(uПравославuе”)inotherOrthodoxnations.Te
MoscowPatriarchate’sactionsarefullyinaccordancewiththeKremlin’spropa-
gandaoperationswhichaimtogainpoliticalpowerthroughtheuseofreligion.
SoftpowerandtheGerasimovDoctrine
AmericanpoliticalscientistJosephSamuelNyeJr.introducedtheideaofsoft
powerinthelate1980s.AccordingtoNye,softpoweristheabilitytoattractand
co-optratherthantocoerce.AsfortheRussianversionofsoftpower,ithaslittle
incommonwithNye’sidea.Wecanassumethatoneoftheinitiatorsofthisshiftin
understandingwasVladimirPutin.In2012,PutinpublishedanarticletitleduRus-
siaandtheChangingWorld”
.Inthisdocument,hede-
scribessoftpowerasuamechanismforachievingfor-
Co-operationwith
eignpolicygoalswithouttheuseofforce,intervention
Russiancompatriots
andaggressivecampaign”
.Hepaidspecialattentionto
abroadhasbecome
theimportanceofco-operationwiththosecompatri-
aninstrument
otswhoresideabroadasaninstrumentforstrength-
eningthecountry’sinternationalposition.
forstrengthening
RecenteventshaveclearlyshownthatPutin’smani-
thecountry’s
festoplayedthekeyinfluenceindecisionstomobilise
internationalposition.
Russianstatefundsforthepurposeofpropaganda
operationsandunderhandedactivitiesagainstvariouscountries.Ofcially,doz-
ensoffederalfoundationswereestablishedtopromoteRussiancultureabroad.
Inpractice,however,thesebodiesmerelysimplifiedthefinancingofpro-Kremlin
thinktanks,mediaoutlets,politiciansandinternettrollsthroughouttheworld.
AnotherimportantfactwasanewmilitarydoctrinesuggestedbyValeryGer-
asimov,theChiefoftheGeneralStańoftheArmedForcesofRussia.Itbuilton
Putin’spoliticalmanifestobutaddedmoredetail.AccordingtoGerasimov:uTe
21stcenturypoliticalgoalscouldbeachievedthroughnon-militaryandinforma-
