Ever since his aggressive annexation of Crimea began in March 2014, Russian president Vladimir Putin has tried to defend his actions as simple unification. “People who have their own views on history and the history of our country may argue with me, but it seems to me that the Russian and Ukrainian peoples are practically one people,” he said in August 2014. Putin reiterated this point on the one-year anniversary of Crimea’s annexation, and on Friday morning he said Ukraine and Russia are “doomed to share the same fate.” As an ethnic Ukrainian, I can see the two countries …read more
Source: Business Insider
