“Ukraine commits genocide on Russians”: the term “genocide” in Russian propaganda
Journal: Russian Linguistics
Year: 2022

Abstract According to Russia, the main reason for starting the war with Ukraine on February 24, 2022 was the genocide of the Russian-speaking population by the Nazi government of Volodymyr Zelenskyy. In this paper I investigate the Russian claims about genocide. These claims are shown to be part of the rhetorical frame Russophobic Nazi Ukraine government commits genocide on Russians , an aspect of Russian propaganda which builds on the Second World War. I demonstrated that this frame is itself a