BOOK PRESENTATION – Russian Poli­ti­cal Mytho­logy and the War on Ukrai­nian Identity

The Center for Liberal Moder­nity and the Fried­rich Naumann Foun­da­tion for Freedom cor­di­ally invite you to a presen­tation of the edited volume „Russia against Ukraine“, which explo­res the ideolo­gical, poli­ti­cal, and cul­tu­ral roots of Russia’s war on Ukraine.

Brin­ging tog­e­ther leading scho­lars, the book ana­ly­ses how Russian elites have con­s­truc­ted anti-Ukrai­nian sen­ti­ment through propa­ganda, diplo­macy, edu­ca­tion, and histo­rical narra­tives, ultim­ately por­tray­ing the des­truc­tion of Ukrai­nian sta­te­hood and iden­tity as a central aim of Putin’s regime. Tracing these narra­tives from Sta­li­nist terror to today’s geno­ci­dal poli­cies and prac­ti­ces, the volume shows how revi­sio­nist myth-making has driven Russia’s war and why under­standing this mytho­logy is essen­tial to compre­hending the conflict.

We will discuss these issues and insights with our speakers:

  • Anton Shek­hovtsov, Poli­ti­cal Sci­en­tist and Direc­tor, Centre for Demo­cra­tic Inte­grity, Vienna; the book’s editor and contributor
  • Sergei Lebedev; Writer and Essay­ist the book’s contributor
  • Mode­ra­tion: Daria Malling, Center for Liberal Modernity

 

A limited number of copies of the volume will be available during the presentation.The dis­cus­sion will be fol­lo­wed by a recep­tion with coffee and cake at 15:30, pro­vi­ding an oppor­tunity for further conver­sation and networking.

Dis­cus­sion lan­guage: English.

Event-Infos

2. Oktober 2025 14:00
2. Oktober 2025 15:30
Reinhardtstraße 15, 10117 Berlin

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