Research

Study of the cultural diplomacy institutions of the Russian Federation



About this project

Russia has actively employed its culture and cultural diplomacy to disseminate narratives and perceptions favorable to the Kremlin among foreign audiences, especially Western ones. 

In this series of three papers, we have attempted to discover the strategies, activities, and key instruments of Russian cultural diplomacy institutions. 

The three biggest Russian state or state-affiliated organisations aiming to spread the Kremlin’s geopolitical and cultural narratives and foster networks with Russians and Russia’s sympathisers abroad have come into the limelight in this series of papers:

Rossotrudnichestvo Rossotrudnichestvo

The “Russian World” Fund The “Russian World” Fund

The Gorchakov Fund The Gorchakov Fund