RUSSIAN LITERARY FICTION AS A TOOL OF INFORMATION WARFARE
Journal: Almanac of Ukrainian Studies
Year: 2025

At the beginning of the 21st century, the Russian Federation developed a neo-totalitarian regime aimed at subjugating the post-Soviet political and economic space. Futuristic propaganda became one of the promising political technologies with the help of which the ruling regime in Russia hoped to gain the loyalty of its citizens and the Russian-speaking population of the occupied territories. Russian propaganda bodies turned to the use of literary fiction as one of the most popular forms of mass