Centre for East European and International Studies (ZOiS)

Classrooms have become battlegrounds in the Russian-occupied territories of Ukraine. Education is being weaponised – to erase Ukrainian identity and rewrite the future. But not all teachers comply with the imposed Russian curriculum.

How do young Germans with Russian roots navigate their sense of belonging? And how does this shape their political and social views? New ZOiS research shows how progressive and traditional values sometimes coexist within individuals shaped by a Russian heritage and German socialisation.

Kerstin Bischl speaks with Felix Herrmann from Discuss Data and Ivaylo Dinev from the KonKoop Datalab about objectives, chances and challenges that come with researching Eastern Europe and Central Asia.

The Russian diaspora in Canada is rarely in the public eye – and yet the Kremlin regards it as a strategic resource. A ZOiS Report based on survey data and focus groups sheds light on political attitudes and historical narratives.

Five years ago, hundreds of thousands of Belarusians protested against the rigged elections. How are these events viewed today? In his book ‘Rasender Stillstand’ [‘Racing to a Standstill’], Ingo Petz explains what motivated the protesters and how, with Putin’s backing, the regime retained its grip on power.

On 24 Feburary 2022, Russia began the full-scale invasion of Ukraine. Our online dossier gathers relevant information in the form of videos, podcasts, publications and assessments of our experts in the media.

Russia’s invasion of Ukraine is a war of aggression that we condemn in the strongest possible terms. Against this background, we have decided to suspend all institutional cooperations between ZOiS and Russian state institutions. However, in the spirit of academic freedom, the academic partnerships our researchers have established with individual researchers in Russia will continue, as far as this is possible.