The Dylynsky Memorial Lecture- Russia’s Propaganda State: Creation of the War against Ukraine

In this lecture, Wilson explained what ‘political technology’ means in the Russian context. He delved into how ‘political technology’ has been constructed and used to give the Kremlin total control over domestic politics and how it has expanded into the spheres of history and international affairs, and even into Church matters. ‘Political technology’ methods were utilized by the Putin regime to help craft propaganda that served as a basis for incepting the war of aggression against Ukraine. With time, this war has increasingly been framed by Russian ‘political technology’ as an existential contest between Russia and the entire Western world.

 

Andrew Wilson is Professor of Ukrainian Studies at University College London. He is the author of several monographs, including (most recently) Political Technology: The Globalisation of Political Manipulation (Cambridge UP, 2024) and The Ukrainians: The Story of How a People Became a Nation (new edition; Yale UP, 2022). He is in the final stages of completing his newest book, titled How Russia Created the Propaganda that Helped Create the War against Ukraine.