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«IZVESTIYA IRKUTSKOGO GOSUDARSTVENNOGO UNIVERSITETA». SERIYA «ISTORIYA»
«THE BULLETIN OF IRKUTSK STATE UNIVERSITY». SERIES «HISTORY»
ISSN 2222-9124 (Print)

List of issues > Series «History». 2025. Vol 52

Formation of the Image of de facto States of the Post-soviet Space in Domestic and Foreign Media

Author(s)
I. N. Yeritsyan
Abstract
In the article, based on the applied content analysis in relation to leading domestic and foreign media, it is concluded that the content of their news about the de facto states of the postSoviet space is influenced by the official position of the government of the countries in which the head office of the media is located.
About the Authors
Yeritsyan Inga Nelsikovna, Senior Lecturer, Institute of World Economy and International Relations, Baikal State University, 11, Lenin st., Irkutsk, 664003, Russian Federation, e-mail: EritsyanIN@bgu.ru
For citation
Yeritsyan I.N. Formation of the Image of de facto States of the Post-soviet Space in Domestic and Foreign Media. The Bulletin of Irkutsk State University. Series History, 2025, vol. 52, pp. 115-122. https://doi.org/10.26516/2222-9124.2025.52.115 (in Russian)
Keywords
Media, Xinhua, Washington Post, Reuters, Russia Today, Abkhazia, South Ossetia, Transnistria.
UDC
327
DOI
https://doi.org/10.26516/2222-9124.2025.52.115
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