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From Pepe the Frog to #10yearschallenge: Why Politicians Have Turned to Memes

... diplomatic style. It would seem that a slightly amusing tweet with a captioned picture is all it takes these days to announce such an important event as the imposition of sanctions on a country, an event that could affect the lives of hundreds of thousands of people. Memes are not the exclusive domain of the President of the United States. Embassies and other world leaders are also taking advantage of these new trends in digital diplomacy. And Russian embassies even find themselves at the forefront of these communication ...

30.01.2019

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Russia Is Being Used As a Meme in U.S. Politics

Political scientist Fyodor Lukyanov on Russia's place in the world. Since Russia annexed the Crimean peninsula in 2014, it has come under fire for propping up the regime of Bashar Assad in Syria and meddling in elections. To help shine a light on Russia’s view of deteriorating ties with the West, The Moscow Times spoke with Fyodor Lukyanov, chief editor of Russia in Global Affairs, a state-funded foreign policy journal. There is a view in the West that Russia is a re-emerging superpower with...

20.12.2018

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