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In Russia, the past is always changing. The “Memory Policy” is what has helped reinforce the influence of Vladimir Putin – not only in Russia, but all over the world.
A “Memory Policy” It is the process of selection, interpretation and diffusion of past events, which can be used to challenge narratives and/or, in other cases, legitimize and promote certain values.
A, for example, “exposes, unintentionally the Russian distortions of the past.” Is what writes Jaroslaw Kuisz.
“In Russia, the monuments to people responsible for mass murder and other Soviet era crimes are emerging as mushrooms after a rain of autumn,” the political analyst wrote in an article in.
For example, in May, it returned to Moscow, with the inauguration of a statue of the dictator inaugurated in the meter of the Russian capital.
As Foreing Policy writes, as they are erected, all over the country, commemorative statues of figures ranging from Joseph Staline to the founder of the Secret Police Bolshevik, there are many Russians who react with little more than one “shrug”.
It is evident that the story is never fixed. It is always subject to change. But in Russia, especially the past always seems to be changing; And in turn, Putin always seems to be able to use this fact for his benefit.
As Foreing Policy writes, the current Russian regime embarked on a large project of “past reformulation” (especially the Soviet era) to legitimize his government and, for example, Justify the invasion of Ukraine.
Jade McGlynnrenowned expert in matters in Russia, King’s College London (United Kingdom), has focused precisely on how memory policy is shaping the Russian war and the perceptions of and upon Ukraine.
Also in an article in, Jade McGlynn claims that Putin is “Promote Russian revisionist history to reinforce not only its Kremlin’s influence and legitimacy in Russia, but also abroad”.
And more than a “shrugg shrink”, another proof that the Russian people are aligned with this “memory policy” is the fact that more and more ordinary Russians “distantly” support Ukraine invasion and occupation.
In the background, “Ukraine is not the war of Putin, but the Russian war”wrote the expert Keir Gilesin an article of 2024, in the same newspaper.
Wikipedia’s “cancellation” in the country is another example that Russia is strong in tell the past in your own way. Kremlin uses now, as a weapon, a version Alternative to Wikipedia, where he writes the (his) facts of the war in Ukraine.
