Research

Projects

“Ethnonationalism for Them, Multinationality for Us”: Domestic Adoption of International Radical Right Rhetoric by the Russian Regime

  • Looking at domestic propaganda, explores how the Russian regime selectively adopts radical right rhetoric for Western European and American contexts while maintaining a moderate stance on ethnic diversity for domestic contexts.

  • Uses frequency and sentiment analysis of over 25000 hour-long transcripts from major propaganda TV shows between 2017 and July 2024.

  • Compares patterns of adoption of radical right media by platform type (television talk shows, television news, presidental and Duma speeches, pro-regime Telegram).

Does the Discrepant Use of International Radical Right Rhetoric by the Russian Regime Provoke or Pacify the Opposition?

  • Compares official rhetoric to the rhetoric of diverse ideological strands of the opposition, ranging from social liberals to anti-immigrant far-right to pro-empire right.

  • Assesses whether the discrepancy in the regime’s radical right rhetoric between foreign and domestic contexts makes the opposition more dissatisfied with the regime and with other opposition strands.

  • Uses frequency and sentiment analysis of transcripts of opposition programs on Youtube and posts on Telegram channels.

Publications

Davydov, A. (2021). Radical right ideologies and foreign policy preference: Attitudes towards Russia, China, and the USA in EU member states. Montreal, Canada: Resau transatlantique sur l’Europe politique (RESTEP).

Davydov, A. (2019) “Review of The Lands in Between: Russia vs. the West and the New Politics of Hybrid War, by Mitchell A. Orenstein.” Harvard Ukrainian Studies, 36(3-4), 517-520.

Davydov, A. (2017). Nativism versus right-wing transnationalism in American racial theories, 1914-1924. Moscow University Bulletin. Series 19. Linguistics and Cross-Cultural Communication, 2017(4), 146-153.

Davydov, A. (2016). Eastern European immigrants in American racial theories, 1914-1924. Moscow University Bulletin. Series 19. Linguistics and Cross-Cultural Communication, 2016(2), 125-132.

© Andrey Davydov 2024