SÕJATEADLANE
Estonian Journal of Military Studies

VOLUME VI:
THE CRISIS IN UKRAINE AND INFORMATION OPERATIONS
OF THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION

CULTURAL, PEACE AND CONFLICT STUDIES SERIES

SERIES EDITORS:
ANDRES SAUMETS AND VLADIMIR SAZONOV

EDITED BY
VLADIMIR SAZONOV, ANDRES SAUMETS AND HOLGER MÖLDER
https://www.kvak.ee/files/2016/12/sojateadlane_2_www.pdf

INTRODUCTION: THE ROLE OF RUSSIAN INFORMATION
WARFARE ............................................................................................ 7
Vladimir Sazonov, Holger Mölder, Andres Saumets
PECULIARITIES OF RUSSIAN INFORMATION
OPERATIONS ...................................................................................... 13
Uku Arold
IDENTITY AND PROPAGANDA IN RUSSIAN-UKRAINIAN
HYBRID WARFARE ........................................................................... 42
Sergii Pakhomenko, Catherine Tryma
AN ATTEMPT TO IDENTIFY HYBRID CONFLICT ..................... 54
Adam Wetoszka
RUSSIAN INFORMATION WAR AGAINST UKRAINIAN ARMED
FORCES IN 2014–2015: THE UKRAINIAN POINT OF VIEW ..... 66
Vladimir Sazonov, Igor Kopõtin
THE WAR OF NARRATIVES – PUTIN’S CHALLENGE TO
INTERNATIONAL SECURITY GOVERNANCE IN UKRAINE .. 88
Holger Mölder
THE EUROPEANIZATION OF FOREIGN POLICY IN
THE FACE OF THE RUSSIAN DISINFORMATION WAR ........... 114
Maili Vilson
KREMLIN PROPAGANDA: SOVIET ACTIVE MEASURES
BY OTHER MEANS ............................................................................ 141
Yevhen Fedchenko
PERCEPTION OF THE UKRAINIAN CRISIS WITHIN
LATVIAN SOCIETY ........................................................................... 171
Ieva Bērziņa
6 SISUKORD
THE MOSCOW PATRIARCHATE AND THE CONFLICT
IN UKRAINE ....................................................................................... 206
Ain Riistan
WHAT IS MEMETIC WARFARE AND HOW DOES
IT THREATEN DEMOCRATIC VALUES? ...................................... 232
Dmytro Zolotukhin
BOOK REVIEW ................................................................................... 240
Vladimir Sazonov
CONTRIBUTORS ................................................................................ 242