ZOiS Newsletter
March 2022
Spotlight 12/2022
The Ambiguous Impact of the War in Ukraine on Serbia's Elections
by Florian Bieber
Russia’s war against Ukraine has also cast a shadow over Serbia’s parliamentary and presidential elections in early April. While large sections of the population are pro-Russian, the incumbent president Aleksandar Vučić, as the most promising candidate, has not taken a clear position.

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News
Focus
Russia's War on Ukraine
After a series of military, political and verbal escalations, Russia launched its invasion of Ukraine on 24 February. Our online dossier gathers relevant background information from our archive in addition to recent articles and assessments by ZOiS experts.

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Statement
War on Ukraine and cooperation with partners in Russia
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine is a war of aggression that we condemn in the strongest possible terms. Against this background, we have decided to suspend all institutional cooperations between ZOiS and Russian state institutions. However, in the spirit of academic freedom, the academic partnerships our researchers have established with individual researchers in Russia will continue, as far as this is possible.

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Statement
The dissolution of Memorial International
On 28 February 2022, the Russian Supreme Court confirmed the forced dissolution of the human rights organisation Memorial International. This is a step we utterly condemn.

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Publications
Spotlight 11/2022
The Ideology Behind Russia's War
by Katharina Bluhm
Russia’s state ideology was long considered by many to be merely a propaganda tool in President Putin’s pragmatic power politics. However, Russia’s war in Ukraine does not fit into this picture. It is the endpoint in a lengthy process of ideological production.

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Events

You will soon receive information about our public events in the next newsletter and on our website.
 
 
 
Media
27 March 2022
In the Religion in Praxis Conversation Series podcast, Regina Elsner looks at the political theology of Russia's war of aggression against Ukraine (English).
26 March 2022
The Independent examines Belarusians' attitudes to the Russia-Ukraine war, quoting Gwendolyn Sasse (English).
23 March 2022
At the Deutsche Welle programme To the point Gwendolyn Sasse discusses NATO's options for action in the Russia-Ukraine war (English).
22  March 2022
In a guest article for The Conversation, Félix Krawatzek examines Putin's image and instrumentalisation of history (English).
17 March 2022
The Wall Street Journal analyses the concept of 'Russian World' and its role in the context of the war against Ukraine quoting Regina Elsner and other experts (English).
 
You can find more media hits on current topics on our website ZOiS in the Media.