Russia's annexation of Crimea in 2014 marked a watershed in
post-Cold War European history and brought East-West relations to a
low. At the same time, by selling this fateful action in starkly
nationalist language, the Putin regime achieved record-high
popularity. This book shows how, after the large-scale 2011-2013
anti-Putin demonstrations in major Russian cities and the parallel
rise in xenophobia related to the Kremlin's perceived inability to
deal with the influx of Central Asian labour migrants, the
annexation of Crimea generated strong 'rallying around the nation'
and 'rallying around the leader' effects. The contributors to this
collection go beyond the news headlines to focus on overlooked
aspects of Russian society such as intellectual racism and growing
xenophobia. These developments are contextualised with an overview
of Russian nationalism: state-led, grassroots and the tensions
between the two.
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