Translating news on the war in Ukraine: Crimea and the “imagined community” of Greater Russia
Journal: Ghent University Academic Bibliography (Ghent University)
Year: 2018

The ongoing war in Ukraine, and more specifically the annexation of Crimea in 2014, has triggered conflicting narratives in different parts of the world. While North-American and European newspapers denounced Russia’s military intervention on the peninsula and declared the March 16 referendum illegal, president Putin seized the event to promote the idea of a “Greater Russia” before a domestic audience. During a speech at the State Duma on March 18, Putin justified Crimea’s entry into the Federat