LEGITIMATION OF AGGRESSION AGAINST UKRAINE IN RUSSIAN OFFICIAL DISCOURSE
Journal: Strategic Panorama
Year: 2020

The article examines some aspects of the political legitimization of illegal actions in international relations through the Kremlin's official discourse aiming to justify aggression against Ukraine. To "normalize" its actions in the international arena, Russian authorities organize large-scale and well-coordinated information campaigns, which, combined with diplomatic and economic pressure and other non-military measures, threaten to destabilize the global security. Enjoying virtually total cont