This book explores how modern Russian cinema is part of the international information war that has unfolded across a variety of battlefields, including social media, online news, and television. It outlines how Russian cinema has been instrumentalized, both by the Kremlin's allies and its detractors, to convey salient political and cultural messages, often in subtle ways, thereby becoming a tool for both critiquing and serving domestic and foreign policy objectives, shaping national identity, and determining cultural memory. It explains how regulations, legislation, and funding mechanisms have rendered contemporary cinema both an essential weapon for the Kremlin and a means for more independent figures to publicly frame official government policy. In addition, the book employs formal cinematic analysis to highlight the dominant themes and narratives in modern Russian films of a variety of genres, situating them in Russia's broader rhetorical ecosystem and explaining how they serve the objectives of the Kremlin or its opponents.
| ISBN: | 9781032398198 |
| Publication date: | 26th December 2025 |
| Author: | Alexander Rojavin, Helen Haft |
| Publisher: | Routledge an imprint of Taylor & Francis |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 218 pages |
| Series: | BASEES/Routledge Series on Russian and East European Studies |
| Genres: |
Film history, theory or criticism Disinformation and misinformation Administrative jurisdiction and public administration |
This book explores how modern Russian cinema is part of the international information war that has unfolded across a variety of battlefields, including social media, online news, and television. It outlines how Russian cinema has been instrumentalized, both by the Kremlin's allies and its detractors, to convey salient political and cultural messages, often in subtle ways, thereby becoming a tool for both critiquing and serving domestic and foreign policy objectives, shaping national identity, and determining cultural memory. It explains how regulations, legislation, and funding mechanisms have rendered contemporary cinema both an essential weapon for the Kremlin and a means for more independent figures to publicly frame official government policy. In addition, the book employs formal cinematic analysis to highlight the dominant themes and narratives in modern Russian films of a variety of genres, situating them in Russia's broader rhetorical ecosystem and explaining how they serve the objectives of the Kremlin or its opponents.
Modern Russian Cinema as a Battleground in Russia's Information War features in the following genres: Films, cinema, Media studies, Political campaigning and advertising, Communication studies, Regional / International studies
Modern Russian Cinema as a Battleground in Russia's Information War is available in Paperback, Hardback
Modern Russian Cinema as a Battleground in Russia's Information War was written by Alexander Rojavin, Helen Haft and published by Routledge an imprint of Taylor & Francis
Modern Russian Cinema as a Battleground in Russia's Information War has 218 pages
Yes it is part of BASEES/Routledge Series on Russian and East European Studies series
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