Państwa bałtyckie wobec rosyjskiej propagandy pokoju po 2022 roku

ENThe aim of this article is to examine Russia’s peace propaganda in the context of the Russian-Ukrainian war. The time frame of this article is 2014-2023, with a particular focus on Russian full-scale aggression after 24 February 2022. In Russian propaganda, Ukraine is portrayed either as a part of Russia or as anti-Russia, acting under Western influence. Vladimir Putin asserts historical rights over Ukraine, especially harking back to the origins of the Russian state. This historical perspective also influences the cultural sense of Russian superiority over Ukrainians. It is analyses Russia’s past policy towards Ukraine, Russia’s consistently pursued strategic objectives in its imperialist policy in the international arena. The research questions are: how Russia reframes the idea of peace to highlight its interests in the world and how Baltic States reacted on it. The complexity of Russian propaganda toward Ukraine is examined through a case study of the Baltic States (Estonia, Lithuania, and Latvia) with the assumption that those countries do not follow Russia’s propaganda over Ukraine. Keywords: Russia, Baltic states, Ukraine, propaganda.