... between instrumental and normative support for the war in Ukraine, using texts of Russia’s bureaucracy from the Integrum database and comparing them to texts following Crimea’s annexation in the same database. Based on various quantitative indicators and the selected qualitative analysis of the texts...

... war in Ukraine Russian studies The invasion of Ukraine by Russia in 2022 stunned many experts who had believed that Russia would not launch an all-out incursion into the neighboring state ( Driedger and Polianskii 2023 ). When proven wrong, many found refuge in the idea that Putin’s decision...