Igor Chaika and Rossotrudnichstvo: Russian Public Diplomacy in the Logic of Influence Operations

The appointment of Igor Chaika as the head of Rossotrudnichestvo is much more than a regular personnel change in the Russian administration. It means entrusting a key institution of "soft power" - liable for culture, education, the diaspora and the network of "Russian Houses" - to a individual whose activities have previously been linked to the Kremlin's influence operations abroad.