Article by Vladimir Putin “On the Historical Unity of Russians and Ukrainians”

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……………Therefore, modern Ukraine is entirely the product of the Soviet era. We know and remember well that it was shaped – for a significant part – on the lands of historical Russia. To make sure of that, it is enough to look at the boundaries of the lands reunited with the Russian state in the 17th century and the territory of the Ukrainian SSR when it left the Soviet Union………….

……….In essence, Ukraine's ruling circles decided to justify their country's independence through the denial of its past, however, except for border issues. They began to mythologize and rewrite history, edit out everything that united us, and refer to the period when Ukraine was part of the Russian Empire and the Soviet Union as an occupation. The common tragedy of collectivization and famine of the early 1930s was portrayed as the genocide of the Ukrainian people…………

http://en.kremlin.ru/events/president/news/page/37

 

[Murrmurr]

If Putin is thinking of invading Ukraine, it must be *Thursday.

*interchangeable with the current day of the week.

 

[Verisure]

I don’t know who’s right and who's wrong but when given the choice of believing this man standing on his own making sense through logic or the guy making no sense with an earpiece and a gaggle of henchmen with sunglasses whispering in his ear …….