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Herpen, Marcel van.
Putin's propaganda machine : soft power and Russian foreign policy / Marcel H. Van Herpen.
pages cm
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 978-1-4422-5360-5 (cloth : alkaline paper) — ISBN 978-1-4422-5361-2 (paperback : alkaline paper) — ISBN 978-1-4422-5362-9 (electronic)
1. Russia (Federation)—Foreign relations—Western countries. 2. Western countries—Foreign relations—Russia (Federation) 3. Ukraine Conflict, 2014– 4. Putin, Vladimir Vladimirovich, 1952– —Political and social views. 5. Propaganda—Russia (Federation) 6. Information warfare—Russia (Federation) 7. Mass media—Political aspects—Russia (Federation) 8. Public relations and politics—Russia (Federation) 9. Russkaia pravoslavnaia tserkov?—Political aspects—Russia (Federation) 10. Russia (Federation)—Politics and government—1991– I. Title.
D2025.5.R8H47 2015
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2015026484
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