Suitcase – shelling – Russia’: narratives about refugees from Ukraine in Russian media.
Summary:
The armed conflict in South-East Ukraine has brought a massive increase in refugees in the Russian Federation. This article examines the meaning-making process surrounding the sudden presence of these refugees, through analysis of narratives in three major national newspapers – Izvestiya, Novaya gazeta and Rossiiskaya gazeta –1 June – 30 September 2014. Three thematic groups of narratives predominated: about war, about refugee reception and aid, and about Russia in international relations. These give meaning to the subject-position “refugees from Ukraine” primarily as war victims and aid recipients.
- Published year: 2020
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DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1080/21599165.2019.1693367
- Publisher: UiO
- Page count: 28
- Language: English
- Journal: East European Politics
Written by
Natalia Moen-Larsen
Senior Research Fellow