CEU Electronic Theses and Dissertations, 2015
| Author | Zinchenko, Ekaterina |
|---|---|
| Title | FROM RIOTS AGAINST CAUCASIANS TO RIOTS AGAINST CENTRAL ASIANS: RUSSIA AND ITS OTHERS IN 2010-2014 |
| Summary | The aim of the current work was to contribute to a continuing research on the role of the Other in Russian society. Throughout the 2000s, Russia saw an increase in xenophobic moods and movements directed against Caucasians – the nationals of Southern and Northern Caucasus. One of the biggest conflicts between Russians and Caucasians erupted in 2010 in Moscow when a fan of the Moscow football club was stabbed. As a result of the ethnic conflict, slogans like ‘Stop feedings Caucasus’ and ‘Russia for Russians’ became popular among the population. Taking into consideration the dangerous nature of such claims and a possibility of further separatism, the current work illustrates that the enemy within the Russian society has been changed from internal Caucasians to external Central Asian migrants, the othering of whom is less dangerous for the sovereignty and unity of the Russian Federation. Consequent media content analysis of the official newspaper of the Russian government was used at the main research methodology which shows how the discourse initiated by the government has transformed from focusing on Caucasians and turned to Central Asian migrants. |
| Supervisor | Luca Varadi |
| Department | Nationalism Studies MA |
| Full text | https://www.etd.ceu.edu/2015/zinchenko_ekaterina.pdf |
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