Civil society and external actors: how linkages with the EU and Russia interact with socio-political orders in Belarus and Ukraine
Journal: East European Politics
Year: 2021

What is the importance of linkages between civil society and external actors? In this article we map the landscape of civil society organisations in Belarus and Ukraine linked to the EU or Russia. Compiling an extensive dataset of organisations, we identify which domains they belong to. We find that linkages with Russia prevail in the culture domain and are based on shared past and exclusive identities. By contrast, linkages with the EU operate in domains related to a democratic future and inclu