How Russia uses science to justify the annexation of Ukrainian territories
Journal: Knowledge and Performance Management
Year: 2025

Type of the article: Research ArticleThis paper explores how Russia uses the international academic sphere, including scientific papers, scientometric databases, international publishers, and international organizations, as a propaganda tool to legitimize its appropriation of Ukrainian territories and Ukrainian academic institutions there. To do this, a bibliometric analysis was used. The results showed that thousands of academic papers published in 2014–2024 in peer-reviewed journals by Russian