Lecture
Kremlin's Control and Suppression Strategies: The evolution of the relationship between violence and disinformation between 2000 – 2021
- Date
- Tuesday 19 May 2026
- Time
- Address
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Johan Huizinga
Doelensteeg 16
2311 VL Leiden - Room
- Digital Lab, Huizinga 0.09 and Online
Kremlin's Control and Suppression Strategies: The evolution of the relationship between violence and disinformation between 2000 – 2021
How has the Kremlin shifted from brute force to sophisticated disinformation campaigns to maintain its grip on power, and can we prove it with data? This research project takes a novel quantitative approach to tracing Russia's evolution from overt repression to media manipulation under Putin, exploring how state-sponsored disinformation campaigns are used to prime public opinion, legitimise violence, and suppress dissent.
Maria will be using a sentiment analysis tool BERT and a custom-made research method.