This research is geared towards analysing the portrayal of the Russian Communist party, the KPRF in the regional and federal newspaper Argumenty i fakty in the campaign preceding the 2016 Russian...Show moreThis research is geared towards analysing the portrayal of the Russian Communist party, the KPRF in the regional and federal newspaper Argumenty i fakty in the campaign preceding the 2016 Russian Election. It uses discourse analysis of three selected articles as well as second level agenda setting analysis of articles concerning the KPRF which appeared in the federal edition of AiF and in two of its available subsidiaries where the party respectively did best and worst, namely the Omsk and Kazan editions.Show less