title: Securitization of Russian Polity: Russia's Discursive, Legislative and Institutional Response to International Sanctions in 2014-2021
abstract: Addressing the gross violation of international norms by Russia in the conflict with Ukraine in the period 2014-2021, an alliance of Western countries imposed a series of political, diplomatic and economic restrictions on the aggressor.The sanctions had a considerable impact, but failed to exert unilateral concessions from Russia and, most importantly, to prevent further escalation.From the outset, Russia responded with an elaborate set of counter measures.Using securitization as an analytical f