Five Discourses Around The War: A new map of the Russian public sphere
After the war began, two main discourses formed in Russian public communication, polarised by their attitude toward the war: pro-war and anti-war. The first was represented mainly by official, predominantly televised propaganda, while the second was represented by the fairly broad anti-war opposition at the time. However, as the war has dragged on and the Russian authorities increased their repressive pressure, each of these two discourses has split into two variations.