Neighbours from hell 3 russia5/31/2023 ![]() From this perspective, post-communist Russia is up to its old tricks, with the image of the Russian bear threatening the honour of a defenceless Europe dusted off from the Crimean War and the era of the great game in the late nineteenth century. Putin’s Russia in this imaginary looms over an unsuspecting West, undermining democracy and supporting disruptive forces (Shekhovtsov 2017 Umland 2017). ![]() ![]() Trump to the White House and fixing the Brexit vote in 2016 (Snyder 2018). ![]() The various special operations include propelling Donald J. The chosen means are taken to be meddling in elections and sowing discord in Western societies. It has become orthodoxy that Russia under an embittered and alienated Vladimir Putin is out to subvert the West.
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