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Patriotic Mobilisation in Russia
Patriotic Mobilisation in Russia
Table of Contents
  1. Executive Summary
  2. Introduction
  3. Patriotic Mobilisation Policies
    1. Legislative and Institutional Framework
    2. Education as an Instrument
    3. Civil Society Agents of Patriotic Mobilisation
  4. The Politics of Patriotism: How State and Grassroots Efforts Interact
    1. Public Events and Historical Memory
    2. Grassroots Initiatives and Critical Patriotism
    3. Patriotic and Nationalist Groups
    4. The Russian Orthodox Church and Cossacks
  5. Patriotic Mobilisation and Russian Foreign Policy
    1. Patriotic Mobilisation and the War in Ukraine
    2. Patriotic Mobilisation Abroad
  6. Conclusion
Russia and Turkey in the Black Sea and the South Caucasus
Russia and Turkey in the Black Sea and the South Caucasus
Table of Contents
  1. Executive Summary
  2. Introduction
  3. Warming Russia-Turkey Relations
    1. Syria
    2. United against the West
    3. The S-400 Deal
    4. Economic Drivers
  4. The Impact of the War in Ukraine
    1. Crimea
    2. Donbas
  5. The Black Sea: A Struggle for Supremacy
    1. Russia’s Military Build-up
    2. NATO’s Response
    3. Turkey’s Changing Security Posture
    4. Turkish-Ukrainian Relations
  6. South Caucasus: Risks and Opportunities
    1. Nagorno-Karabakh
    2. Military Build-up
    3. Positive Steps?
    4. Abkhazia
  7. The North Caucasus Factor
  8. Conclusion
  9. Appendix A: Map of the Black Sea and South Caucasus Regions
  10. Appendix B: Map of Ukraine
  11. Appendix C: Map of Georgia with Breakaway Regions Abkhazia and South Ossetia
  12. Appendix D: Map of the Nagorno-Karabakh Conflict Zone in a Regional Context
  13. Appendix E: Acronyms
Immortal regiment, SPb, Nevsky Ave. on 9 May 2017 Crisis Group
Report 251 / Europe & Central Asia

Patriotic Mobilisation in Russia

The Kremlin is fostering a culture of military-tinged patriotism, partly to rally support for armed interventions abroad. The sentiment springs from pride in Russia’s past as a global power and desire to reclaim that status. Its possible co-optation by far-right nationalists, however, should worry Moscow.