Russkiy Mir Foundation

Russkiy Mir Foundation (Russian: Фонд "Русский мир", literally "Russian World Foundation") was created by decree by Vladimir Putin in 2007, as a government-sponsored organization aimed at promoting the Russian language and Russian culture worldwide, and "forming the Russian World as a global project",[1] co-operating with the Russian Orthodox Church in promoting values that challenge the Western cultural tradition.[2] The Foundation was modeled after similar culture promotion agencies, such as British Council and Goethe Institute.[3]

Russkiy Mir Foundation
FoundedJune 21, 2007 (2007-06-21)
FounderVladimir Putin
Government of Russia
TypeCultural institution
Location
  • Headquartered in Moscow
Area served
Worldwide
ProductRussian cultural education
OwnerRussia
Key people
Vyacheslav Nikonov
Dmitry Kozak
Sergey Lavrov
Employees
80–120
Websitehttp://russkiymir.ru/en/
Alexander Mirzayan presenting the foundation in August 2015 (Eastern Ukraine)

The founders the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation and the Ministry of Education and Science of the Russian Federation. The assets of the foundation come from the federal budget, voluntary property contributions and donations, and other legal sources.[4]

The foundation made in 2011 an agreement with the University of São Paulo for founding the Laboratório de Estudos Russos (LERUSS).[5][6]

Some observers described the foundation as an instrument for projecting the Russian state's soft power and as a tool for propaganda.[7][2] Since the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, the general Western disposition is that the Russian world as a concept and its instruments have been associated with Russian irredentism, imperialism and totalitarianism.[8][9][10][11]

Sanctions

In July 2022 the EU imposed sanctions on Russkiy Mir Foundation in relation to the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine.[12]

References
  1. "About Russkiy Mir Foundation". Russkiy Mir Foundation. Archived from the original on 21 September 2013. Retrieved 1 September 2013.
  2. Andis Kudors (2010). ""Russian World"—Russia's Soft Power Approach to Compatriots Policy" (PDF). Russian Analytical Digest. Research Centre for East European Studies. 81 (10). Retrieved 2013-09-01.
  3. "How Moscow understands soft power". Russia Direct. Retrieved 2017-08-20.
  4. Указ Президента Российской Федерации о создании фонда «Русский мир»
  5. "Laboratório de Estudos Russos (LERUSS)". FFLHC-USP (in Portuguese). Retrieved 15 August 2021.
  6. Puh, Milan (2020). "Estudos eslavos no Brasil: constituição de uma área" [Slavic studies in Brazil: constitution of an area]. Revista X (in Portuguese). 15 (6): 687. doi:10.5380/rvx.v15i6.76848.
  7. Alexei Dolinsky (Mar 2, 2011). "How to Strengthen Soft Power?". Russkiy Mir Foundation. Archived from the original on 2 June 2012. Retrieved 20 December 2011.
  8. "Ukrainian people are resisting the centuries-old force of Russian imperialism – Ukraine war at 6 months". The Conversation. 18 August 2022. Retrieved 9 February 2023.
  9. "Putin Has a Grimly Absolute Vision of the 'Russian World'". Foreign Policy. Retrieved 9 February 2023.
  10. "In Ukraine, I saw the greatest threat to the Russian world isn't the west – it's Putin". The Guardian. Retrieved 9 February 2023.
  11. "We say no to 'Russkiy mir' concept: Poland's UN ambassador". TVP World. Retrieved 9 February 2023.
  12. "COUNCIL IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) 2022/1270 of 21 July 2022". Retrieved 8 February 2022.


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