A CRITICAL ANALYSIS OF SPEECHES BY PRESIDENT VLADIMIR PUTIN AND PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA CONCERNING THE CRIMEAN EVENTS

Abstract

The present paper is an attempt to study the Ethos, Pathos, and Logos in President of Russian Federation Vladimir Putin’s speech on March 18, 2014 announcing the reunion of the Crimea with the Russian Federation, and President of the USA Barack Obama’s reaction to the issue two days later on March 20, 2014. The research focuses on how much these speeches have been expressive-emotive-evaluative and persuasive for their audiences, proceeding from statements put forward in Aristotle’s rhetorical theory, and taking into consideration the positive and negative impacts these speeches might have made on the listeners.