Elections in Canada and Russia in 2019: a comparative analysis of cross-national media coverage
Journal: The Canadian Journal of European and Russian Studies
Year: 2021

In 2019, Canada and Russia went through election campaigns in their respective countries. While Canada voted at the federal level, Russia held regional and municipal elections, and therefore the scale and outcome of these two campaigns cannot be compared per se. Yet shifting a focus to media coverage, this paper explores Canada-Russia relations at a given moment in time, including the extent to which disinformation took place on either side. The two countries were actively involved in cross-comm