Dehumanisation of the Image of Ukrainians in Russian Propaganda Discourse
Year: 2023

The central object of the study is one of the leading vectors of Russian militaristic propaganda, associated with the systematic negativisation of the image of Ukraine and Ukrainians in the eyes of the international community of citizens of the Russian Federation. In both cases, it is a means of legitimising the Kremlin's expansionist policy, which aims to bring Ukraine back into the orbit of its exclusive influence. The text reveals the ideological guidelines of the Russian leader V. Putin, who