War of Memes: Why Z-war won't end with peace. A Tweet Thread

Kamil Galeev, Galina Starovoitova Fellow at the Wilson Centre, looks at cultural memes, language, literature and culture to explain why the Russia-Ukraine war won't end in peace. A Tweet Thread. Some Western analysts unfamiliar with Eastern European cultural context perceive Z-war as an accident. They presume that Russian invasion results from some sort of "misunderstanding" or mistake which can be resolved via negotiations