Afrika under påverkan - En jämförande fallstudie kring Rysslands aktiva åtgärder i Mali och Centralafrikanska republiken.
(2025) UNDK02 20242Department of Political Science
- Abstract
- Africa has often been a neglected continent that is riff with historical tensions. Russia has sought to exploit this by stoking what remains of colonial tensions, portraying themselves as decolonizers, while simultaneously utilizing active measures to achieve goals, political, economical, and militaral.
This study aims to conduct a comparative case study, based on Lars Ulfvings definition of the doctrine known as “maskirovka” and Thomas Rid´s theory of “active measures”, to examine Russia´s active measures through information influence in Mali and the Central African republic. Two countries that have both seen direct conflict with the Wagner group, both remain within the Russian information war. Modern and old techniques are used to... (More) - Africa has often been a neglected continent that is riff with historical tensions. Russia has sought to exploit this by stoking what remains of colonial tensions, portraying themselves as decolonizers, while simultaneously utilizing active measures to achieve goals, political, economical, and militaral.
This study aims to conduct a comparative case study, based on Lars Ulfvings definition of the doctrine known as “maskirovka” and Thomas Rid´s theory of “active measures”, to examine Russia´s active measures through information influence in Mali and the Central African republic. Two countries that have both seen direct conflict with the Wagner group, both remain within the Russian information war. Modern and old techniques are used to influence information, opinion, and public perception, through traditional media including movies, to covertly funding influencers. The active measures pursued by Russia carry significant spillover risk to neighbouring countries and the continent as a whole, while western attention is very limited to the area. (Less)
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- author
- Olsson, Ester LU
- supervisor
- organization
- alternative title
- En jämförande fallstudie kring Rysslands aktiva åtgärder i Mali och Centralafrikanska republiken.
- course
- UNDK02 20242
- year
- 2025
- type
- M2 - Bachelor Degree
- subject
- keywords
- Active Measures, Mali, Central African Republic, Russia, Disinformation, Propaganda
- language
- Swedish
- id
- 9181027
- date added to LUP
- 2025-02-17 11:02:41
- date last changed
- 2025-02-17 11:02:41
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This study aims to conduct a comparative case study, based on Lars Ulfvings definition of the doctrine known as “maskirovka” and Thomas Rid´s theory of “active measures”, to examine Russia´s active measures through information influence in Mali and the Central African republic. Two countries that have both seen direct conflict with the Wagner group, both remain within the Russian information war. Modern and old techniques are used to influence information, opinion, and public perception, through traditional media including movies, to covertly funding influencers. The active measures pursued by Russia carry significant spillover risk to neighbouring countries and the continent as a whole, while western attention is very limited to the area.}},
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title = {{Afrika under påverkan - En jämförande fallstudie kring Rysslands aktiva åtgärder i Mali och Centralafrikanska republiken.}},
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