Victoria Hudson: Russia worked ineffectively with Ukrainian youth until 2014
Russia did ineffective work with youth in Ukraine until 2014, which could cause discord between countries. Victoria Hudson, a postdoctoral student at King's College London, an expert on Russian “soft power,” explained her assumption in a conversation with Lenta.ru.
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The political scientist is sure that Moscow pays too little attention to working with youth, although this direction is very promising. According to Hudson's research, Russia's “soft power” policy in Ukraine was ineffective and did not improve Moscow’s image among local youth.
Hudson notes that Ukrainians were deterred by Russia's “straightforward” and “hierarchical” policies: as values According to her, spirituality, moral foundations and traditionalism, especially the Orthodox one, are being promoted.
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