What is Inter-Ethnic Hybrid Conflict

The chapter provides an analysis of ethnic, cultural, and religious confrontations in modern geopolitical hybrid conflicts. The methodological basis of the present research is the concept of hybrid geopolitical 3D conflicts. The data of sociological surveys carried out by Ukrainian and Russian research centres as well as the Center for Countering Information Aggression AM&РM are used. The main subject of study is the specifics of interethnic, intercultural, and interreligious conflicts that are part of the hybrid Russian-Ukrainian War (2014-2021). The authors of the chapter conclude that modern Russian-Ukrainian interethnic, intercultural, and interreligious conflicts can be considered as an example of hybrid geopolitical 3D conflicts: it started like military-political aggression and continued at other levels and areas. The conflicts of the sort demonstrate a hybrid nature and are a new phenomenon in international and domestic geopolitics.