Nationalities Papers The Donbas Conflict

Introduction to the Special Issue: The Donbas Conflict
	Introduction
	Disclosure
	Note
Back From Utopia: How Donbas Fighters Reinvent Themselves in a Post-Novorossiya Russia
	Introduction
	Situating Research on Donbas Veterans
	Fallen Heroes: A Difficult Political Reconversion
		Strelkov, the Solitary Monarchist
		Borodai: Veterans’ Activities as a Tool for Reintegration
	New Heroes for a Post-Epic Time: Zakhar Prilepin’s Donbas War
	Capitalizing on the Myth: Novorossiya as a Literary Genre
	Conclusions
	Acknowledgments
	Disclosure
	Notes
Russian Nationalist Veterans of the Donbas War
	Participation in the Hostilities
	Military Training
	A New War
	Aggressive Political Actions
	Starting New Projects and Returning to Old Ones
	Conclusion
	Disclosure
	Notes
	References
Welcome to Surkov’s Theater: Russian Political Technology in the Donbas War
	Sources and Approach
	Team Building in 2013
		Surkov and His Domestic Politics Team
		Scope of Interest of the Directorate
		Unofficial Resources of the Kremlin
	The Donbas Theater
		‘‘Raise Up People’’ in the Southeast
		Odesa and Mykolaiv: Failed Attempts
		Donetsk and Luhansk: Radicalization under ‘‘Coordinator of Donbas’’
		Human Resources Control
		Project ‘‘Novorossiya’’
		Economic Control
		Agenda Control and Media Manipulation
		Project ‘‘Donbas’’ and Invasion
		Project ‘‘Zakharchenko’’
	Conclusions
		What Ensures the Kremlin’s Plausible Deniability?
		Artificially Created ‘‘Separatism’’ in the Donbas
	Acknowledgments
	Disclosure
	Notes
Black Sun Rising: Political Opportunity Structure Perceptions and Institutionalization of the Azov Movement in Post-Euromaidan Ukraine
	Introduction
	Theoretical Assumptions and Hypotheses
	Design, Data, and Methods
	Euromaidan, Loosely Coherent Elite, and Alliance Formation
	Findings and Discussion
	Conclusions
	Disclosure
	Notes
In My Name: The Impact of Regional Identity on Civilian Attitudes in the Armed Conflict in Donbas
	Introduction
	Identity Formation and Violence
	Regional Identity in Donbas
	Regional Identity and the Donbas Conflict
	Research Design and Sample Characteristics
	Survey Results
	Discussion of the Results
	Conclusion
	Acknowledgments
	Financial Support
	Disclosure
	Supplementary Materials
	Notes