The article analyses Russian media coverage of the charges of Russian meddling in the presidential elections in 2016, including the Mueller investigation and the publication of the Report on the Investigation into Russian Interference in the 2016 Presidential Election. The research utilizes content analysis of three daily newspapers and one official TV channel, with all the materials matching the relevant keywords being included in the sample. Several questions are discussed, including the following: all accusations in the presidential elections meddling are completely rejected, and the very existence of the accusations is attributed to several factors, such as U.S. internal political confrontation between Democrats and the Republicans, ongoing “Russophobia,” and general incompetence of American politicians and secret services. As a result Russian audiences are groomed to believe that all the accusations are completely false and should not be taken seriously. These accusations, however, are positioned by the media as belonging to a wider category of “fake news” and as such are portrayed as a threat not only to Russia, but to the global security in general.

Translated title of the contributionТрамп, расследованиеМюллера и предполагаемое вмешательство России в выборы: освещение в российских СМИ в 2017-2019 годах
Original languageEnglish
Number of pages18
JournalAmerican Behavioral Scientist
Early online date8 Dec 2020
DOIs
StatePublished - 2020

    Scopus subject areas

  • Cultural Studies
  • Social Sciences(all)
  • Education
  • Social Psychology
  • Sociology and Political Science

    Research areas

  • Mueller investigation, Russian meddling, Russia–U.S. relations, Trump

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