Fugitive liberal: Putin embodies an idea worse than the Russian world
The President of the Russian Federation, Vladimir Putin, has set the goal of restoring “Historical Russia” with the territories that were part of the Russian Empire at the end of the 18th century.
This means that countries such as Lithuania, Belarus and most of Ukraine should again become Russian. Former adviser to the President of the Russian Federation and economist who emigrated to the United States, Andrei Illarionov, stated this on the UkrLife Internet channel, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports.
Illarionov notes that the term “Russian World” has disappeared from the rhetoric of the Russian authorities, and “Historical Russia” has appeared.
The economist called the “Minsk Agreements” part of this process, which, in his opinion, lead to the liquidation of independent Ukraine.
“These agreements are very bad for Ukraine, these agreements are aimed at destroying the sovereignty of Ukraine and weakening its position. By and large, for the liquidation of sovereign Ukraine. The main goal of the Minsk Agreements from the point of view of Vladimir Putin is precisely why he actively participated in their creation...
What is Putin talking about in 2019, just four months ago, on May 9, 2019? His main programmatic, strategic speech. Not anywhere! In Moscow, on Red Square, during a military parade. What does the Supreme Commander-in-Chief say to those thousands of representatives of the Armed Forces who lined up on Red Square.
He talks about the goal, about the restoration of historical Russia. Please note this is a new term. This is not a term from the “Russian world”. “We have heard the Russian world for many years, but in the last year and a half we have not heard it. There is no term “Russian World”, Putin does not use it, the Russian Foreign Ministry does not use it. This term does not exist.
Now this term has been replaced by what? "Historical Russia". And what is historical Russia... Historical Russia, according to Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin, is the Russian Empire at the end of the 18th century.
And attentive readers of Vladimir Putin’s speeches and texts open history textbooks, open atlases of historical maps and look at what the Russian Empire was like at the end of the 18th century. This is the Russian Empire immediately after the third partition of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth. After 1795, when Lithuania, all of present-day Belarus and most of present-day Ukraine became part of the Russian Empire. With the exception of Galicia, Transcarpathia and Bukovina,” Illarionov said.
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