“
I consider that Ukrainians and Russians are one and the same people
,” Vladimir Putin tirelessly repeats on television.
But be careful, explains the voice-over commentary of the very illuminating documentary
Ukraine the end of the Russian world
, the conception of the master of the Kremlin is actually based on the totally anachronistic recovery of a hierarchical vision inherited from the tsars, confirmed during the Soviet era.
A conception, that of the “Russian world”, which distinguishes three peoples: the “Great Russians” supposed to reign over the “Little Russians” of Ukraine and the “White Russians” of Belarus.
The film by Ksenia Bolchakova and Philippe Lagnier clearly shows that if, indeed, these three populations have formed a large family over the centuries, this historical and geographical proximity can in no way justify Vladimir Putin's aggression against Ukraine.
How could the Ukrainians today tolerate being enslaved in Moscow, those who, since the fall of communism…
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