{"id":13035,"date":"2026-01-25T23:00:18","date_gmt":"2026-01-26T03:00:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/european\/?p=13035"},"modified":"2026-03-24T22:19:45","modified_gmt":"2026-03-25T02:19:45","slug":"pop-propaganda-how-the-kremlin-markets-its-war-like-disney-and-coca-cola","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/european\/2026\/01\/25\/pop-propaganda-how-the-kremlin-markets-its-war-like-disney-and-coca-cola\/","title":{"rendered":"Pop-Propaganda: How the Kremlin Markets its War like Disney and Coca-Cola (02\/10\/26)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Join us for a talk by journalist and analyst Andrew Ryvkin. Ryvkin is a journalist and analyst who writes for The Atlantic, specializing in Russian politics, information warfare, and the inner mechanics of Kremlin power. Before his career in Western media, he spent years inside Russia\u2019s propaganda system\u2014publishing lifestyle magazines that echoed Kremlin narratives, producing hit talk shows and blockbuster films that shaped public opinion, and working in public relations for Russian oligarchs.<\/p>\n<p>He holds a B.A. and an M.A. from St. Petersburg State University, and has worked across Europe and the Middle East, including with some of the world\u2019s top advertising agencies. His work now examines how propaganda evolves in the digital age, how state messaging adapts to attention-driven media, and how these forces shape U.S.\u2013Russia relations.<\/p>\n<p>Drawing on his unique insider experience in both propaganda and modern storytelling, Ryvkin lectures internationally on disinformation, hybrid influence, and the blurred line between politics and entertainment.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Join us for a talk by journalist and analyst Andrew Ryvkin. Ryvkin is a journalist and analyst who writes for The Atlantic, specializing in Russian politics, information warfare, and the inner mechanics of Kremlin power. Before his career in Western media, he spent years inside Russia\u2019s propaganda system\u2014publishing lifestyle magazines that echoed Kremlin narratives, producing [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":25198,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[405,15],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/european\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13035"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/european\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/european\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/european\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/25198"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/european\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13035"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/european\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13035\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13040,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/european\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13035\/revisions\/13040"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/european\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13035"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/european\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13035"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/european\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13035"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}