Russian propaganda as an instrument of foreign policy strategy towards Ukraine
Journal: Modern Historical and Political Issues
Year: 2017

The annexation of the Crimea and the war on the Donbas were not a coincidence or a spontaneous action of Russia, but were a clearly planned strategy to weaken Ukraine in order to make its Eurointegration and Euroatlantic progress impossible. This was preceded by years of information campaigns and the massive use of propaganda in Ukraine through the wide presence of Russian media in the domestic information space. Due to the dominance of Russian audiovisual and electronic media among a large part