Russia, Ukraine and the Caucasus Regional Research

27/05/2026

RUCARR Seminar June 2, 13:15-15:00 pm CET: "Russian-led Eurasia: still holding together, but for how long?" by Sean Roberts, Senior Lecturer and Ulrike Ziemer PhD, Senior Lecturer, both from University of Wi******er.

More info and Zoom-link here:

🎤Sean Roberts, Senior Lecturer and Ulrike Ziemer PhD, Senior Lecturer, both from University of Wi******er 📅June 2, 13:15-15:00 🏢Zoom: https://lnkd.in/eFB3P9Ua

15/05/2026

RUCARR Seminar May 19, 3.15-5 pm CET: "The Colonial Imaginary of ‘Europe’ in the EU’s Asymmetrical Response to the Russian and Israeli Aggressions: Ukraine as a Member of the ‘Family’ Whilst ‘Othering’ Palestine" with Alvaro Oleart, Post-doctoral Researcher at the Université Libre de Belgique (ULB). More info and Zoom link: https://rucarr.mau.se/2026/05/15/seminar-may-19-the-colonial-imaginary-of-europe-in-the-eus-asymmetrical-response-to-the-russian-and-israeli-aggressions-ukraine-as-a-member-of-the-family-whilst/

30/04/2026

Welcome to join us on May 5 for Professor Madina Tlostanova's talk: “Caucasian deep coalitions? A case for the future relational critical political imaginary” in the RUCARR Distinguished Speaker Series. Madina Tlostanova is professor of gender studies at Linköping University (Sweden) and a decolonial feminist thinker and fiction writer.
Time: 5 May, 17:30-19:00 CET
Place: Niagara (Nordenskiöldsgatan 1, 211 19 Malmö), NI:C0E11 or Zoom. More info, abstract and Zoom link:
https://rucarr.mau.se/2026/04/30/rucarr-distinguished-speaker-series-may-5-madina-tlostanova-caucasian-deep-coalitions-a-case-for-the-future-relational-critical-political-imaginary/

20/04/2026

Welcome to next RUCARR seminar with Alexandra Brankova: "Russian Digital Nationalism: Digital Practices and Discursive Constructions of the Russian Nation in a Nationalist Media Ecology". April 21, 15:15-17:00 CET, NI:C1029, Niagara or Zoom.
Alexandra Brankova is a postdoctoral fellow at the Department of Political Science at the Swedish Defence University.
More info and zoom link: https://rucarr.mau.se/2026/04/20/rucarr-seminar-with-alexandra-brankova-russian-digital-nationalism-april-21/

04/04/2026

Welcome to the RUCARR Distinguished Speaker Series with Henry Hale: "The Role of Traditional Moral Appeals in Putinite Autocracy", April 14, 17.30-19-00 CET!
—Henry E. Hale is Professor of Political Science and International Affairs at George Washington University (GW), where he also directs the Petrach Program on Ukraine and the Institute for European, Russian, and Eurasian Studies (IERES).
—Place: Niagara (Nordenskiöldsgatan 1, 211 19 Malmö), NI:C0E11 or Zoom.
—Abstract and Zoom link: https://rucarr.mau.se/2026/04/02/rucarr-distinguished-speaker-april-14-prof-henry-e-hale/
—Moderator: Stefan Hedlund, Professor Emeritus of Soviet and East European Studies, Uppsala University.

13/03/2026

Welcome to a lecture in the RUCARR Distinguished Speaker Series on March 17 with Jade McGlynn: “Sovereignty without Territory: the Puzzle of Resistance in Occupied Ukraine”
— Jade McGlynn is an author and Research Fellow at the Department of War Studies, King’s College London. Her research focusses on Russia’s war against Ukraine since 2014, propaganda, memory politics, and state-society relations in Russia.
More info in the link below (campus & online):

Jade McGlynn is an author and Research Fellow at the Department of War Studies, King’s College London. Her research focusses on Russia’s war against Ukraine since 2014, propaganda, memory politics, and state-society relations in Russia.

13/03/2026

Welcome to next RUCARR seminar on March 16: “Transforming Russia from within: Illiberal legislation and silovik coalition-building in the Russian State Duma, 2011-2021” with Daniela Slabinski, PhD Candidate, Department of Literature, Area Studies and European Languages, University of Oslo.
Time: 16 March, 10:15-12:00
Place: NI:C1029, Niagara or Zoom
Abstract and zoom link: https://rucarr.mau.se/2026/03/05/seminar-march-16-silent-dissent-transforming-russia-from-within-illiberal-legislation-and-silovik-coalition-building-in-the-russian-state-duma-2011-202/

02/03/2026

Welcome to the seminar, March 3, 3.15-5 CET: "Silent Dissent: Russian informational co-aggression? Ukraine-related disinformation in Belarusian pro-government Telegram" with Alesia Rudnik, Postdoctoral researcher at Södertörn University & Maastricht University. More info and zoom link: https://rucarr.mau.se/2026/02/26/seminar-march-3-russian-informational-co-aggression-ukraine-related-disinformation-in-belarusian-pro-government-telegram-channels/
— ABSTRACT: Based on a qualitative content analysis of 2024 posts from leading pro-government Telegram channels in Belarus, this article examines how these sources spread disinformation about Ukraine. The authors show that such posts were relatively infrequent in 2024, and that their themes shifted in response to developments on the battlefield and changes in the broader international context of the conflict. However, certain false claims and allegations consistently received substantial attention. These include public dissatisfaction with conscription into Ukraine’s armed forces, deceptive and coercive methods of recruitment, declining morale among Ukrainian soldiers, corruption related to the war effort, and allegations of ‘neo-Nazism’ within Ukraine and its military. Although the Belarusian regime is often regarded as a co-aggressor in the Russo–Ukrainian war, little is known about whether and how it actively promotes pro-Kremlin narratives online. This article represents a first attempt to address this gap.

24/02/2026

RUCARR’s Distinguished Speaker Series in celebration of the tenth anniversary starts today! Here is the whole program. Welcome to join us:

23/02/2026

Welcome to the RUCARR Distinguished Speaker Series February 24! Andrea Petö: “Illiberal Turns and Gender Backlash: Rethinking Democratic Erosion”
— Time: 24 February, 17:30-19:00
— Place: Niagara (Nordenskiöldsgatan 1, 211 19 Malmö), NI:C0E11, or Zoom: https://mau-se.zoom.us/j/64506770033