Russia
Making the “Ukrainian Nationalist”: The KGB and the Production of an Enemy Image
In the Soviet Union, national autonomy was always suspected of being ‘bourgeois nationalism’. Using the example of the KGB files, which have been accessible to researchers in Ukraine since 2015, it can be shown how the secret service created the enemy stereotype of the ‘bourgeois nationalist’ and also utilised popular culture for this purpose. Current Russian war propaganda draws on these narratives.
Anti-Putin does not mean anti-imperial. Why the romanticisation of Russian dissidents is misleading
In the German debate on the Russian anti-Putin camp, the problematic aspects of this milieu are often ignored. The Russian perspective continues to be given more weight than that of the states colonized by Russia.
National Internationalism? The Jewish Labor Bund between Nation and Class
Intersectionality has posed a challenge for leftist movements attempting to advance the cause of specific groups without losing sight of the intercommunal unity they need to succeed. How can a party of Russian Jewish revolutionaries help us square this circle?
Politics and International Law: Three International Experts Debate the Annexation of Crimea
Five years ago, Russia annexed Crimea. Three international law experts from Ukraine, Russia and Germany debate how international law issues can become a pawn of political interests.




