Russia has always had a strong presence in the Arab world since Soviet times, and this interest in the region is only increasing in latest years. Arabic language is spoken by over 300 million people and major world powers have localized their political information tools (TV, websites, social networks etc.) into this language to be able to make a greater impact in the Middle East and North Africa. The article attempts to analyze the tools of information influence used on the Arabic speaking audience of the Middle East and North Africa in the arsenal of Russia's foreign policy, focusing on the information activities of the Russian Foreign Ministry and the Russia Today media group in Arabic. It outlines the need to expand the Arabic presence on main internet sites of the foreign ministry to post relevant information and to successfully convey the country's stance to a larger audience in the Arab world. The Article points out that Russia's use of information technology in the Arab world is still lagging behind an
Original languageRussian
Pages (from-to)46-52
JournalАзия и Африка сегодня
Issue number6
StatePublished - 2019
Externally publishedYes

    Research areas

  • arabic, digital diplomacy, foreign policy, information policy, middle East, russia, арабский язык, ближний Восток, внешняя политика, информационная политика, россия, цифровая дипломатия

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