Crimea and punishment: news translation on the Russian INOSMI website
Journal: Ghent University Academic Bibliography (Ghent University)
Year: 2015

This paper draws on narrative theory and critical discourse analysis (CDA) to explore the role of translation and translation policy in times of political or military conflict. In particular, we will study the reportage of the Russian-Ukrainian confrontation in Crimea in March, 2014, a period which can be identified as a “critical discourse moment” (Chilton 1987) for the commentary and debate it has stimulated both in the region and abroad. The activities of the Russian speaking “self-defence fo