The Russian Diaspora within the Context of the Instrumentalization of Russia’s Public Diplomacy Cover Image

Rus Kamu Diplomasisinin Araçsallaştırılması Bağlamında Rus Diasporası
The Russian Diaspora within the Context of the Instrumentalization of Russia’s Public Diplomacy

Author(s): Neslihan Setenay Berkil, Muharrem Ekşi
Subject(s): Civil Society, International relations/trade, Politics and society, Inter-Ethnic Relations, Politics of History/Memory, Politics and Identity
Published by: Mehmet Seyfettin Erol
Keywords: Russian foreign policy;diaspora;Russian Diaspora;Russian Public Diplomacy; Rossotrudnichestvo;

Summary/Abstract: This study discusses the role of the Russian diaspora in the instrumentalization of the Russian Federation’s public diplomacy. The main research question of this article is constructed on how Russia instrumentalizes the diaspora in its public diplomacy. Being among the countries that have the highest diaspora population due to population density,Russia applies public and diaspora diplomacy in order to strengthen its cultural and historicalties with the Russian and Russian-speaking citizens who live around the world, mainly in the old Soviet countries through the Rossotrudnichestvo Agency which was founded on 6September, 2008.

  • Issue Year: 4/2020
  • Issue No: 2
  • Page Range: 121-147
  • Page Count: 27
  • Language: Turkish