SOFT POWER OF RUSSIAN FEDERATION OVER UKRAINE BETWEEN 2007 – 2014
Journal: Rocznik Centrum Studiów nad Ukrainą
Year: 2025

Russian soft power over Ukraine between 2007 and 2014 was a multifaceted strategy aimed at maintaining Ukraine within Russia’s sphere of infl uence and countering its drift towards closer ties with the West. Th e following research examines Russian soft power over Ukraine through the concept of the “Russian World”. An article presents the ways how Russia wielded soft power in Ukraine through the promotion of the Russian language, the infl uence of the Russian Orthodox Church, media and cultural