The Politics of Memory Laws: Russia, Ukraine and Beyond

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The Politics of Memory Laws: Russia, Ukraine and Beyond

Edited by Uladzislau Belavusau · Aleksandra Gliszczynska-Grabias · Maria Malksoo · Angelika Nussberger
Hart Publishing September 2025

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ISBN-13
9781509975303
Publisher
Hart Publishing
Publication
September 2025
Format
Hardback
Jurisdiction
U.K. ? Countri(es) for reference only

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This volume explores the political utility and consequences of memory laws with a focus on how militant memory laws frame, underpin and generate international conflicts. Proceeding from Russia's ongoing aggression against Ukraine, this examination plots how memory wars have preceded, partially led to, and encouraged the outbreak of the war itself via Russian propaganda. It also offers a broader perspective looking at developments in neighbouring countries such as Poland and Hungary. Bringing together scholars with diverse perspectives, this book provides both analysis and conceptual reflection for scholars assessing the politics of memory laws.

Table of Contents

INTRODUCTORY CHAPTER

1. SECTION ONE: Memory Laws and Policies in Russia
1.1. An Unspeakable Past: Why and How History Became an Object of Criminal Law in Russia 1.2. Memory Laws and Policies in Russia After the Annexation of Crimea and Occupation of Donbas 1.3. Putin's Memory Policies in the Context of Military Aggression in Ukraine

2. SECTION TWO: Memory Laws and Policies in Ukraine
2.1. Ukrainian Memory Laws and Policies Before 2014 2.2. Ukrainian Decommunization Laws of 2015 2.3. Ukrainian Memory Laws and Policies in the Context of 2022 Russian Aggression

3. SECTION THREE: Neighbours Actively Involved in the Regional Memory Wars
3.1. Wounds Unhealed: Polish-Ukrainian and Polish-Russian Memory Wars Before 2022 3.2. Memory Laws and Policies in Belarus 3.3. "Critical Situations" and Mnemonic Legislation: Memory Politics in the Baltic States and the War in Ukraine 3.4. From Threat to Example: The Transformation of Russia's Role in Hungary's Memory Governance 3.5. Memory Wars and Policies in Finland

4. SECTION FOUR: Shaping European Law and Politics in the Context of Memory Wars
4.1 German Prototype for Memory Laws and Policies in Europe in the Context of Putin's Instrumentalization of Denazification 4.2 Memory Laws and Policies in the EU and Council of Europe in the Context of Russian Military Aggression from 2014 to 2022 4.3 European Court of Human Rights as a Substitute Nuremberg for the Soviet Crimes in the Baltic States? 4.4. The Looking Glass War: Russian Aggression against Ukraine and the Lessons of World War II in International Memory Politics

5. EPILOGUE - The Battle for the Past: War and Memory in the Post-Soviet Space
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