ABSTRACT
This chapter assesses the transnational media, diaspora, and memory politics from the angle of formation of transnational public spheres. As an example of today’s complicated intersection of these politics the march devoted to the Russian memory of the World War II – the Immortal Regiment march – that was held in Helsinki in 2017 for the first time, is analysed. Whereas Russian diaspora politics prove to function as a means to transnationalise governmentality, the performative mediated memory politics provide the basis for copy-cat movements. These kinds of movements are embedded in the technological change and internet-based mediated communications. Mediated affective memory politics coupled with the involvement in mediated communication produce ‘Russian diaspora’, which adhere to Russian identity politics. Still, these movements fit poorly with the ideal model of transnational public sphere. Attention should be paid to the increasing of functionality of the European multi-ethnic publicities.
