Abstract The main ideological framework for Russia’s current political regime and its war against Ukraine is flexible and dynamic. This article tries to pin it down, identifying some common denominators in what seem to be torrents of messages and metaphors. It also draws parallels with past ideologies. In the second part, the article analyses four groups of Russians who either support or reject Russia’s war against Ukraine and mainstream ideology. It demonstrates the dynamics of changes in the wake of the war’s routinization.
Cyril Hovorun (2025) studied this question.