title: Is Russia Fascist?: Unraveling Propaganda East and West
abstract: In Is Russia Fascist?, Marlene Laruelle argues that that the charge of "fascism" has become a strategic narratives of the current world order. Vladimir Putin's regime has increasingly been accused of embracing fascism, supposedly evidenced by Russia's annexation of Crimea, its historical revisionism, attacks on liberal democratic values, and its support for far-right movements Europe. But at the same time, Russia has branded itself as the world's preeminent anti-fascist power because of its sacr