Information manipulation and historical revisionism: Russian disinformation and foreign interference through manipulated history-based narratives
Journal: Open Research Europe
Year: 2023

<b>Background:</b> Disinformation and historical revisionism have been acknowledged as tools for foreign interference that belong to the landscape of hybrid threats. Historical revisionism plays an essential role in Russian foreign policy towards the post-Soviet space and is in strong relation with the concepts of Near Abroad and Russkii Mir ('Russian World') and with certain ideas contained in the neo-Eurasianist Movement. This article examines Russian revisionist narratives disseminated in inf