Polis. Political Studies. No 2 2026

Polis. Political Studies. No 2 2026

Topic:
The Russian Metaverse – aspects of identity, civic consciousness, and patriotism

DOI: 10.17976/jpps/2026.02.00

CONTENT:

PRESENTING THE ISSUE

Presenting the issue (p. 6)

IIS: 50 years safeguarding the intellectual sovereignty of MGIMO (p. 7-9)

WE IN THE WORLD, THE WORLD IN US

Long-term scenarios for the development of the international system (‘summer heat’ and ‘autumn chill’) (p. 10-28)

THEME OF THE ISSUE: THE RUSSIAN METAVERSE: ASPECTS OF IDENTITY, CIVIC CONSCIOUSNESS, AND PATRIOTISM

Gabdrakhmanova G.F.

The multifaceted digital citizenship of Russian youth (p. 29-42)

Transformations of the content and patriotism policy of the Russian-speaking segment of the “non-politicized TikTok” during the special military operation (p. 43-60)

All-Russian identity and consolidating values in the context of patriotic practice: regional aspect (p. 61-72)

Kryshtanovskaya O.V., Lavrov I.A.

The Russian Metaverse: sociocultural topology and morphology of the new space (p. 73-87)

Kudryashova I.V., Kozintsev A.S.

The Syrian crisis from a neo-imperial perspective (p. 88-107)

THEORY AND METHODOLOGY OF POLITICAL STUDIES

Farukshin M.Kh.

Classical ethnic federation model and atypical ethnofederations (p. 108-122)

Churochkina L.A.

The influence of the Byzantine tradition on the formation of the political views of classical Eurasians (p. 123-140)

A criminal, a sick person, a colonizer, a vassal… Metaphors as the justification for Russia’s new policy towards the EU (p. 141-156)

On the methodological significance of the concept of “topogenesis” for conflictological analysis of the regional ethno-political situations in the South of Russia (p. 157-168)

“Leadership bias”: imbalances and contradictions of contemporary comparative concepts of development (p. 169-182)

REFLECTING ON MATTERS IN PRINT

Great power from the inside and outside (p. 183-191)

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