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larswilderang.cornucopia.se • 14 days ago

Swedish professor Stefan Hedlund: "Should we stop saying Russia" and call it The Moscow State?

https://www.uu.se/press/pressmeddelanden/2025/2025-02-10-ska-vi-sluta-saga-ryssland

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larswilderang.cornucopia.se•14 days ago

“Russia reverts to Muscovy: What if we Simply Drop ‘Russia’ from the Discourse?”, Routledge, ISBN 9781032627670

https://www.routledge.com/Russia-Reverts-to-Muscovy-What-if-We-Simply-Drop-Russia-from-the-Discourse/Hedlund/p/book/9781032627670

larswilderang.cornucopia.se•14 days ago

Press release in English:

"Should we stop saying ‘Russia’?"

https://www.uu.se/en/press/press-releases/2025/2025-02-10-should-we-stop-saying-russia

jalager.mastodon.nu.ap.brid.gy•14 days ago

"The third and most important argument, he writes, is that the name issue is vitally important to Russia. If the international community continues to say ‘Russia’, that signals an implicit acceptance of the Russian demand for a sphere of influence that includes Ukraine. It is only by making it […]

nforss.bsky.social•14 days ago

Yes, let's do it! I also suggest we start refering to Putin as Vladimir the Terrible, as that is really appropriate and a nice wink to his predecessor.