Disinformation and the Global Right in East Europe: The Russo-Ukrainian War from Mediated Space

• In Event: Shifting Sands: The Rippling Effects of the Russo-Ukrainian War in Central Eurasian Political Talk

Abstract

The narrative of the Russo-Ukrainian War told in mediated Hungarian-language space has much in common with the narrative of the war promoted by the Kremlin. This paper investigates the circulation of certain texts in Hungarian-language political discourse, focusing on prominent “anti-American” and “anti-West” narratives that tie false notions of Ukrainian liberation to Russian control of Ukrainian territory, and peace to political inaction that benefits the Russian state. It examines how these political narratives affect domestic Hungarian perceptions of the Russo-Ukrainian War and asks if there is a place for discourse of the liberation of Ukraine in Hungary.

Author

• Jessica Ruth Storey-Nagy, Indiana U Bloomington