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Putin’s empire of lies
Posted By Slawomir Sierakowski on March 2, 2022 @ 10:45
As for NATO enlargement, you know our attitude to this issue. It does not change, but this does not mean that Ukraine should remain on the sidelines of processes aimed at strengthening peace and security in Europe and on earth in general. Ukraine is a sovereign state and has the right to independently choose the path to secure its own security.
The south of Ukraine, completely, there are only Russians. Who can tell us that we have no interests there? ... In Ukraine in general, one-third of the population is ethnic Russians. Of the 45 million, according to the official census, 17 million are Russians. There are regions inhabited only by Russians, say, in Crimea—90% Russians. Ukraine in its present form received territory from Poland—after World War II—from Czechoslovakia, Romania. It received huge territories from Russia in the east and south of the country. It is a complicated state creation. And if you add to that the NATO problem, other problems, they can put statehood itself on the brink of existence altogether.
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[1] banned: https://www.voanews.com/a/moscow-warns-russian-media-over-war-coverage-/6463336.html
[2] framed: https://time.com/6151572/russian-media-ukraine-coverage/
[3] published: https://ria.ru/20220224/donbass-1774718537.html
[4] 7% of Ukraine’s territory: https://www.gmfus.org/news/statement-russian-invasion-ukraine
[5] considered: https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/2000/03/06/putin-says-why-not-to-russia-joining-nato/c1973032-c10f-4bff-9174-8cae673790cd/
[6] replied: https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=&ved=2ahUKEwj09_iKgaX2AhULyYsKHQLDAXsQFnoECAIQAQ&url=http%3A%2F%2Fkremlin.ru%2Fevents%2Fpresident%2Fnews%2F43122&usg=AOvVaw3F5Ia2oSzEKwy2xjj05dKj
[7] 2004 Orange Revolution: https://www.brookings.edu/blog/up-front/2013/11/26/ukraine-protests-and-memories-of-the-orange-revolution/
[8] intentions: https://www.unian.info/world/111033-text-of-putin-s-speech-at-nato-summit-bucharest-april-2-2008.html
[9] declared: https://www.rbth.com/lifestyle/328250-how-many-people-speak-russian
[10] comprised: https://www.brookings.edu/blog/order-from-chaos/2020/03/17/crimea-six-years-after-illegal-annexation/
[11] neo-Nazis: https://www.dw.com/en/eu-sanctions-target-russian-wagner-mercenary-group/a-60109326
[12] Waffen-SS tattoos: https://en.respublica.lt/signs-of-neo-nazi-ideology-amongst-russian-mercenaries
[13] smear: https://www.businessinsider.com/putin-calls-ukraine-government-drug-addicts-neo-nazi-disinformation-2022-2
[14] fought the Nazis: https://www.washingtonpost.com/history/2022/02/25/zelensky-family-jewish-holocaust/
[15] openly sided with Putin: https://www.nytimes.com/2022/02/24/world/europe/trump-putin-russia-ukraine.html
[16] Ukrainian victims: https://www.eurozine.com/holocaust-the-ignored-reality/
[17] Ukrainian soldier: https://euromaidanpress.com/2015/01/27/ukraine-and-auschwitz-history-and-politics/
[18] crematoriums: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2022/02/23/russia-deploys-mobile-crematorium-follow-troops-battle/