Russia’s National Identity Report - 2020
Journal: DSpace repository (University of Tartu)
Year: 2026

In 2020, the dominant Russia’s national identity narrative is one of State-Centric Stability, which highlights the elites’ desires to unify the national identity around legitimate authority, historical continuity, and traditional values. These discourses are challenged by the mass disillusionment and disappointment over social inequalities and in-justices. Elite’s State-Centric Stability discourse emphasizes sovereign statehood, political stability, historical continuity, and moral order. This d