Genocide, <i>Holodomor</i> and Holocaust Discourse as Echo of Historical Injury and as Rhetorical Radicalization in the Russian-Ukrainian Conflict of 2013–18
Journal: Journal of Genocide Research
Year: 2018

The Ukrainian crisis has caused an ongoing political confrontation between Russia and Ukraine since 2013. It has been marked by a rhetoric drawing on differently interpreted memories of World War II, the Holodomor and the Holocaust. The rhetoric of “genocide” has become a common denominator in the confrontation over the Ukrainian East and the Crimea. Following Russia's aggression vis-à-vis Ukraine since 2014, Russian and pro-Russian Ukranian voices from politics and the media have accused Ukrain