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Muriel Fischer (ed.), Sandra Frimmel (ed.), ...: Global Narratives of Russian Disinformation

Muriel Fischer (ed.), Sandra Frimmel (ed.), Nanina Graf (ed.), Iryna Herasimovich (ed.), Sylvia Sasse (ed.)

Global Narratives of Russian Disinformation

Softcover, 320 pages

Date of publication: 23.01.2026

Disinformation, conspiracy narratives, and propaganda are not only manipulative forms of communication with the intention to deceive, but also a field of global collective narratives. Russia is an important player in this field. From the Cold War to the present day, we can observe how (pro-)Russian narratives are regionally tailored, internationally disseminated and appropriated by various political, economic or cultural actors for their own purposes.While some narratives might originate from literary fantasy, science fiction or national myths, others draw on historical narratives and reproduce them. Russia often claims an anti-imperialist, anti-fascist or post-colonial intention in order to conceal its own imperialism and fascism. The contributions in this book document these narratives in their respective geographical and historical contexts. They examine narrative practices and their history, the interplay of global address and local appropriation as well as affects and effects within political discourse.

With contributions by Zaal Andronikashvili, Masha Borzunova, Roman Horbyk, Jade McGlynn, Mufutau Muyiwa, Christopher Nehring, Ksenia Poluektova-Krimer, Marina Rudyak, Anton Shekhovtsov, Sylvia Sasse, and others.

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Muriel Fischer

Muriel Fischer is a PhD-student in the SNF project Arts & Disinformation at the Slavic Department of the University of Zurich and researches images in in the war against Ukraine.
Sandra Frimmel

Sandra Frimmel

is an art historian and the research coordinator of the Centre for Arts and Cultural Theory (ZKK) at the University of Zurich. Research interests: Russian art, art and power/law/society.
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Nanina Graf

Nanina Graf is a doctoral candidate and academic assistant at the Slavic Department of the University of Zurich. She studied Slavic, German and Gender Studies in Zurich and St. Petersburg, is a board member of the German-Swiss NGO Libereco - Partnership for Human Rights and editor of the online magazine novinki.de.

Iryna Herasimovich

Iryna Herasimovich is a literary translator of numerous German-language authors into Belarusian. She also works as a dramaturge and curator in the field of visual arts and is a member of the German Academy for Language and Poetry. Since 2021, she has been a doctoral candidate at the Slavic Seminar at the University of Zurich.
Sylvia Sasse

Sylvia Sasse

is a professor of Slavic studies at the University of Zurich and co-founder of the ZKK (Centre for Arts and Cultural Theory), member of ZGW (Center "History of Knowledge"), and co-editor of "Geschichte der Gegenwart" (www.geschichtedergegenwart.ch).

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