Mirela-Emilia MIRONIUC
Babeș-Bolyai University, Romania
| Abstract: | This research study aims to analyze the speech of the President of Russia, Vladimir Putin, who launched the invasion of Ukraine on February 24, 2022. One of the research objectives is to examine how he constructs his speech around the issue, the arguments he uses, and the position he adopts at the beginning of the conflict. The research question we are trying to answer is the following: “How does leader Vladimir Putin construct his speech that launched the invasion of Ukraine?”. The purpose of the research is to observe how President Putin’s speech influenced the launch of the invasion of Ukraine and the following events. The data collection method is the speech he gave on February 24, 2022, on the Russian television channeln Russia-2 (Россия-2), while the data analysis method is discourse analysis. At the end of the work, we are surprised by the fact that leader Vladimir Putin constructs and delivers his speech before the invasion of Ukraine using a series of elements of propaganda, disinformation, and strategic influence communication. |
| Keywords: | Special military operation; Russian propaganda; disinformation; political psychology |
| Contact details of the authors: | E-mail: mirela.mironiuc@ubbcluj.ro |
| Institutional affiliation of the authors: | Babeș-Bolyai University, Doctoral School of International Relations and Security Studies |
| Institutions address: | Mihail Kogalniceanu, no. 1 Street 400084, Cluj-Napoca, Romania; Tel: +40 264 405 300; Fax: +40 264 591 906, https://www.ubbcluj.ro/en/ |