SYSTEMIC FEATURES OF FOREIGNIZATION OF AUTOCRACIES (CASES OF RUSSIA, CHINA AND NORTH KOREA)

The peculiarities of the foreign policy and international information policy of authoritarian states ‒ the Russian Federation, the Republic of China and the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, which to a large extent form the anti-democratic world axis, are analyzed. It is found that all three of the above-mentioned autocracies conduct their foreign policy and information policy exclusively in the direction of propaganda. The Russian Federation, the People’s Republic of China and the DPRK ensure the defense of their geopolitical interests through the distortion of true information, the replication of fakes and manifestations of bias. The propaganda foreign policy of authoritarian states is aimed at justifying their expansionist policy and supporting the narrative about the hostile environment and its intentions to destroy sovereign statehood. At the same time, Russian propaganda is also aimed at the Western audience in order to form a negative image of Ukraine as a state guilty of unleashing the Russian-Ukrainian war. It has been confirmed that Russian propaganda is actively directed at both ordinary US citizens and the administration of the second-time elected President D. Trump. Currently, the Russian Federation is trying to convey distorted information about Ukraine as a failed state and one that requires external management with the participation of the UN. Another direction of Russian propaganda is the formation of a negative image of Ukraine within the Russian Federation in order to ensure the stability of support for a full-scale war. Despite the fact that China does not actively propagate propaganda about the illegitimate international status of Taiwan, as a partially recognized country, in the official media it mentions it as an integral part of mainland China. Also in China, at the official (actually propaganda) level, Russia’s war against Ukraine is indirectly justified, which is referred to more as a conflict or internal crisis. A similar situation can be seen in the media narratives of North Korea, which, through a total blocking of the Internet as a means of finding alternative information, promotes the achievements of leader Kim Jong-un and the Juche ideology at the domestic and foreign policy levels. At the same time, Pyongyang actively propagates support for Russia in its war against Ukraine as inspired by the West.