Soviet Nostalgia: Lenin - Forever Alive
The article discusses how, after the Perestroika period, Russia seemed ready to move on from the cult of Lenin, but Putin has revived it for his memory politics.
How Soviet nostalgia and silence enable wartime complicity on Russian YouTube
The article explores how the nostalgic narrative of the Soviet era on platforms like YouTube fosters complicity with ongoing wartime actions in Russia, particularly through the content of creators like 'Eli from Russia.'