Ukraine as Russia: What some Russians think

In his July 2021 article “On the Historical Unity of Russians and Ukrainians” President Putin made a claim that raised quite a few brows. He said: “Ukrainians and Russians are one and the same nation” and “it is precisely its partnership with Russia that makes Ukraine’s genuine sovereignty possible”. The world has witnessed how he has moved from words to action in February 2022 and what has happened in Ukraine since. It was as if Denmark would assert that Danes and Norwegians were the same, and invaded Norway under this pretext. Yet how novel is Putin’s statement and where does it originate from? I shall attempt a very brief historical overview of the concept that twins Russia and Ukraine, from a distinctly Russian perspective.

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