No. 283: Political and Economic Consequences of Russia’s War against Ukraine

Author(s): Stefan Meister, Heiko Pleines, Andrei Yakovlev, Daria Zakharova
Series Editor(s): Stephen Aris, Matthias Neumann, Robert Orttung, Jeronim Perović, Heiko Pleines, Hans-Henning Schröder, Aglaya Snetkov
Series: Russian Analytical Digest (RAD)
Issue: 283
Publisher(s): Center for Security Studies (CSS), ETH Zürich; Research Centre for East European Studies (FSO), University of Bremen; Institute for European, Russian and Eurasian Studies (IERES), George Washington University; Center for Eastern European Studies (CEES), University of Zurich; German Association for East European Studies (DGO)
Publication Year: 2022

The topics of this issue are the political and economic consequences of Russia’s war against Ukraine. Stefan Meister looks at Russia’s role in the post-Soviet region. Heiko Pleines presents a broad analysis of Russia’s preparations for war, ranging from political rhetoric to economic policy and military developments in the first phase of the war. Andrei Yakovlev discusses ways of economic forecasting in view of the abrupt shocks to the Russian economy. Daria Zakharova describes Russia’s propaganda strategy using the example of the Bucha massacres. A representative opinion poll captures the publicly expressed attitudes of the Russian population toward the war.

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