Articles by Polina Zavershinskaia

September 26, 2024

Russia-friendly parties are manipulating Europe's traumatic past

Polina Zavershinskaia

Russia-friendly parties are exploiting Europe’s war-torn past to justify Russia’s aggression and undermine Europe’s support for Ukraine. Polina Zavershinskaia argues that there is evidence in Germany and Italy that the strategy is working.

Polina Zavershinskaia

PhD Candidate, Institute of Political Science, University of Leipzig

Polina is a fellow of the Far-Right Analysis Network and a member of the COST Action CA22165 – Redressing Radical Polarisation: Strengthening European Civil Spheres facing Illiberal Digital Media (Depolarising EU).

In her research, she examines how the far right sacralises violence in Russian, German and Italian societies by using particular narrative templates.

Polina has recently published articles in the American Journal of Cultural Sociology, Nationalism and Ethnic Politics and The International Spectator.

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