Russia’s soft and sharp power on the example of policy towards Ukraine
Russia’s soft and sharp power on the example of policy towards Ukraine

Summary/Abstract: Russian invasion of Ukraine might look like purely military act, however that was alreadythe result of long years of information, cultural and scientific war. These aspects are the ele-ments of broader term ‘sharp power’ – a ‘soft power’ that is being exploited by authoritarianstates like Russia and China. This mental occupation of Ukraine has been carefully plannedby the Russian state, which has been keeping Ukraine from development of its civil society,political system, cultural elites, national memory and many more. Nevertheless, despite allthe skepticism, Ukrainian people are fighting for their state and territory the third year,which proves the existence of Ukrainian nation and its maturity.

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