Surviving near the empire : price of the modern Kremlin's aggression

Abstract

During the Cold War the Western European countries had a lot of sovietologists, experts who had a great experience in analysing the political activities from Moscow. Within a few years most of these experts got lost, retired or started to work in a new profession, dealing with other crisis in our dangerous world. For most people in Western Europe the history of countries like Ukraine, their struggle for independence from Moscow, is completely unknown. The opinion, that this region belongs to Russia, as it has «always» been part of Russia, is widespread. In addition, the PR-strategy from Russia is doing an excellent job. Propaganda works. Therefore, it is very important to create a new information- offensive about the real goals of Russian politics, its capacity in propaganda, which is part of a hybrid war. This monograph will be a piece in this information policy, and I hope that we will have a chance to spread it also in the Western European countries.