Rewriting Memory: the Holocaust and Genocide Discourse in Contemporary Russian Foreign Policy
Journal: Russian Politics
Year: 2025

Abstract This article explores how the Russian leadership has reshaped historical memory – particularly narratives of the Holocaust – to serve contemporary foreign policy goals, especially in the context of the war in Ukraine. It examines the emergence and strategic use of the concept of the genocide of the Soviet people . The authors trace the roots of this discourse to Soviet-era “soft Holocaust denial”, demonstrating its use as an instrument of international propaganda and “memory wars”. The