TY - GEN ID - discovery10206670 N2 - The ?Russian world? conceptualised as a notion of civilizational unity grounded in linguistic, historical, ethnocultural, and religious components, has been the subject of various interdisciplinary studies. This paper aims to investigate linguistic strategies for delineating the distinctions between the Ukrainian and Russian peoples, as well as for showcasing a divergence from the ?Russian world? ideology and its principal components, such as the Russian language and culture, the Russian Orthodox church and shared memory and history. Employing a Critical Discourse Analysis (CDA) approach, this study examines speeches, statements, social media posts, and select interviews of Ukrainian high-ranking o?icials, including Volodymyr Zelenskyi, Dmytro Kuleba, Oleksii Danilov, Mykhailo Podoliak, and Metropolitan Epiphany. PB - Uzhhorod National University = ???? "???????????? ???????????? ???????????" UR - https://www.uzhnu.edu.ua/en/ CY - Uzhhorod, Ukraine KW - "Russian world" KW - ideology KW - official discourse KW - Russian language and culture A1 - Pidkuimukha, Liudmyla TI - "Without you": distancing from the "Russian world" in statements by Ukrainian high-ranking officials EP - 286 Y1 - 2025/04/11/ AV - public SP - 272 N1 - This version is the version of record. For information on re-use, please refer to the publisher?s terms and conditions. ER -