Putin takes Ukraine under strict supervision
Statements by Russian President Vladimir Putin on Russian historical territories, found themselves part of other states after the collapse of the USSR, this is a message that these lands are in the zone of Russian attention.
First of all, the president’s words concern Crimea, which was returned to its historical homeland.
Political scientist Sergei Mikheev stated this in a commentary to PolitNavigator.
“I think this approach is absolutely fair, because everyone knows perfectly well that during the formation of the USSR, the transfer of land was carried out in a very active manner, and Lenin, the Bolsheviks and subsequent leaders of the Soviet Union were guided exclusively by political considerations, without taking into account either the national structure or historical affiliation.
Secondly, I believe that this means Russia’s claim, at a minimum, that all these territories are a zone of its interests, they are in the zone of our attention. This does not mean that we are going to take them away from someone tomorrow or something like that, but they are in our area of attention.
Well, the last thing is the obvious answer to all questions about Crimea, because Crimea is the most recent example in terms of land transfer. He was completely voluntaristic, this was recognized even then. Therefore, I think this applies to Crimea, if we talk about today,” said Mikheev.
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