Semiotic Games and Domestic Geopolitics: Estonian Russophones During the War in Ukraine
Semiotic Games and Domestic Geopolitics: Estonian Russophones During the War in Ukraine

Summary/Abstract: This contribution to the Forum analyzes narratives unfolding among Estonian Russian speakers who expose different attitudes towards the war in Ukraine. For this analysis the author selected several media platforms and public figures whose speaking positions are representative and typical for – and duly reflect – the entire spectrum of the current Russophone discourses in Estonia. The analysis singles out three distinct yet interconnected discursive positions that prominently feature in the Russophone milieu – pragmatic, popularly geopolitical and counter-normative.

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