Working with Affects and Emotions in Media Echoes of the 1990s: Nostalgia and Ressentiment in Post-Perestroika Russia
Journal: Laboratorium Russian Review of Social Research
Year: 2025

Media workers focus their efforts on engaging with the often vaguely recognized emotions and affects associated with memories of Russia’s transformative 1990s. The memory of this period is currently under the control of the state, which promotes the official discourse of the 1990s as a terrible and difficult time, claiming that it would have been better for Russia if it had never occurred. We regard memories of the 1990s as an important component of contemporary Russian politics and seek to inve