title: Russia's perceptions of Ukraine: Euromaidan and historical conflicts
abstract: This paper examines Russia's view of contemporary Ukraine from the period of the Euromaidan protests that peaked in February 2014 to the present. It looks at both the official Moscow view, as well as that of leading Russian think tanks, and how these opinions are being disseminated in narrative form through media and social networks with a prime focus on two pivotal months: February 2014 and February 2015, though the interpretation could be applied to the entire period of the conflict, including
journal: European Politics and Society