The Russian Screen as Evidence After 24 February 2022: Cinema and Wartime Policy Analysis

This preprint examines Russian screen production after 24 February 2022 as a policy-relevant production field that remains observable in open sources. It analyzes how funding systems, regulation, market structure, and repertory patterns interact in the wartime Russian audiovisual sector, drawing on trade reporting, box-office analytics, funding data, and legal-regulatory materials. The paper reviews selected European institutions whose mandates intersect with Russian media analysis, including the Finnish Institute of International Affairs (FIIA), the European Centre of Excellence for Countering Hybrid Threats (Hybrid CoE), and the European Audiovisual Observatory (EAO), in order to assess how Russian…