Putin: “On the historical unity of Russians and Ukrainians”

Lrussian President Vladimir Putin published a lengthy article in July 2021 explaining that Russians and Ukrainians form “one people”, that modern Ukraine is a creation of the Soviet era and that, after the fall of the USSR , the United States and the European Union pushed Kiev to adopt a hostile attitude to Moscow. We publish below excerpts from the text, which allow us to better understand the state of mind of the Russian leader in the crisis which opposes him today to the West and his refusal to let Ukraine get closer to NATO. and the European Union. The entire article in its official French version can be consulted on the website of the Russian Embassy in France.

“Russians, Ukrainians and Belarusians are the heirs of the old…