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Like other countries, Russia has in recent years seen the emergence of a culture centred on the management of subjective emotions, which relies on a psychological language. Since the start of the war against Ukraine, the language and norms of feeling have changed once again.

Am Beispiel der Literatur diskutieren die Slavist*innen Nina Frieß, Miriam Finkelstein und Alessandro Achilli über Russlands Kulturimperialismus und darüber, was der russische Angriffskrieg für das Verhältnis zwischen ukrainischer und russischer Kultur bedeutet.

Since the start of Russia’s invasion, millions of people have left Ukraine to get to safety. In this podcast episode Karolina Łukasiewicz and Irina Mützelburg explain the situation of Ukrainian refugees, the response to them in countries like Poland, and their treatment in the EU as a whole.

Olga Onuch (University of Manchester) discusses her research on civic identity and cvilian resistance in Ukraine as part of the ZOiS Lecture Series in cooperation with Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin.

Graeme Robertson (University of North Carolina) and Erik Wibbels (Duke University) present their research on machine learning and human rights violations in the context of Russia's war on Ukraine as part of the ZOiS Lecture Series in cooperation with Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin.

Volodymyr Kulyk from the Institute of Political and Ethnic Studies, at the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine presents his research on ethnonational identities in Ukraine as part of the ZOiS Lecture Series in cooperation with Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin.

Russia’s invasion of its neighbour Ukraine came as a shock to many people in Germany, even though a Russian-backed war had been smouldering in the east of the country for years. What are the defining characteristics of this country that the Russian leadership calls a ‘brother nation’ and on which it is at the same time inflicting a brutal war?

Was bedeutet der Krieg Russlands gegen die Ukraine für verschiedene russischsprachige Communi-ties in Deutschland? Wie positionieren sich verschiedene Menschen, die vor allem eine Sprache gemeinsam haben? Darüber diskutieren Jannis Panagiotidis, Tatiana Golova und Nina Frieß.

Seit mehr als einem Monat dauert Russlands Krieg gegen die Ukraine an. Der Widerstand der Ukrainer*innen und der große Zusammenhalt der Bevölkerung hat im Ausland viele überrascht. Ein Podcast mit Tatiana Zhurzhenko und Gwendolyn Sasse.

Thirty years ago, on 1 December 1991, more than 90% of Ukrainian voters voted for the country’s independence, with turnout exceeding 80%. Serhii Plokhii, Gwendolyn Sasse and Félix Krawatzek discuss Ukrainian independence, its aftermath and what it means for Ukraine to this day.