Ragozin, Leonid. “Annexation of Crimea: A masterclass in political manipulation” (英語). Riga: Al Jazeera. 28 May 2020時点のオリジナルよりアーカイブ。24 January 2022閲覧。 “Putin framed the invasion and eventual annexation of Crimea as an act of salvation rather than a clear violation of international law and turned a revolution which could have marked the end of his rule into a much-needed popularity booster – the wave of chauvinism triggered by the annexation of Crimea sent Putin’s approval ratings to an unbelievable 89 percent, while sidelining the opposition and giving him another five years of relatively trouble-free time at home.”
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Matthew, Lee (7 January 2022). “US, NATO rule out halt to expansion, reject Russian demands” (英語). AP News. Associated Press. 24 January 2022時点のオリジナルよりアーカイブ。24 January 2022閲覧。 “Their comments amounted to a complete dismissal of a key part of Russian President Vladimir Putin’s demands for easing tensions with Ukraine. Putin wants NATO to halt membership plans for all countries, including Ukraine. The former Soviet republic is unlikely to join the alliance in the foreseeable future, but NATO nations won’t rule it out.”
Peter, Dickinson (15 July 2021). “Putin's new Ukraine essay reveals imperial ambitions”. Atlantic Council. 15 July 2021時点のオリジナルよりアーカイブ。25 January 2021閲覧。 “Vladimir Putin’s inaccurate and distorted claims are neither new nor surprising. They are just the latest example of gaslighting by the Kremlin leader. This, after all, is the man who famously told US President George W. Bush that Ukraine was not a real country during a widely reported exchange at the 2008 NATO summit in Bucharest. Putin’s claim that the “true sovereignty of Ukraine is possible only in partnership with Russia” is grotesquely disingenuous. For Ukraine, partnership with Russia has mainly meant subjugation by Russia.”
Oliver, Bullough (28 March 2014). “Vladimir Putin: The rebuilding of 'Soviet' Russia”. BBC. 24 January 2022時点のオリジナルよりアーカイブ。25 January 2022閲覧。 “According to Vladimir Bukovsky, a dissident who spent a decade in Soviet prisons before his exile to the West in 1976, Putin is totally genuine when he says the disintegration of the Soviet Union was a "geopolitical catastrophe". "He does not understand that the collapse of the Soviet system was predetermined, therefore he believes his mission is to restore the Soviet system as soon as possible," he says.”
Rubin, Trudy (11 January 2022). “Putin wants to reestablish the Russian empire. Can NATO stop him without war?”. The Philadelphia Inquirer. 25 January 2022時点のオリジナルよりアーカイブ。25 January 2022閲覧。 “So the stakes of this geopolitical chess game are much bigger than Ukraine’s future. (Although Ukraine is the critical test case.) And the game revolves around Vladimir Putin’s visceral desire to reestablish the Cold War dividing lines between East and West. He wants to rebuild the former Soviet sphere of influence that extended from Central Europe through Central Asia, and views this effort as a restoration of Russian greatness.”
Vladimir, Putin (12 July 2021). “Article by Vladimir Putin 'On the Historical Unity of Russians and Ukrainians'”. The Kremlin. 25 January 2021時点のオリジナルよりアーカイブ。2022年2月17日閲覧。 “During the recent Direct Line, when I was asked about Russian-Ukrainian relations, I said that Russians and Ukrainians were one people – a single whole. These words were not driven by some short-term considerations or prompted by the current political context. It is what I have said on numerous occasions and what I firmly believe. I therefore feel it necessary to explain my position in detail and share my assessments of today's situation.”
Grytsenko, Oksana (12 April 2014). “Armed pro-Russian insurgents in Luhansk say they are ready for police raid”. Kyiv Post (Luhansk). オリジナルの12 April 2014時点におけるアーカイブ。. https://web.archive.org/web/20140412131249/http://www.kyivpost.com/content/ukraine/armed-pro-russian-insurgents-in-luhansk-say-they-are-ready-for-police-raid-343167.html. "The insurgents demand the authorities to stop an anti-terrorist operation against them and other separatists of Ukraine' southeast. They also want the Russian language to have official status as well a law allowing local referendums and legalization of their army. But their top aim is federalization of the country through all-Ukrainian referendum, one step from secession from the nation. “It should be a federation in the borders of Ukraine, but with the right to separate if people demand this,” Kariakin said, confident that 85 percent of people in Luhansk Oblast, Ukraine's seventh most populous with 2.2 million people, support him. Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk, in neighboring Donetsk on April 11, that local referendums are possible, but only to decide local issues. He also assured the residents of the mostly Russian-speaking southeast that the government would not revoke the current law on regional languages that, in fact, gives Russian official status in these regions."
“Lithuanian president: Russia's attempts to create 'zones of influence' will not be tolerated”. LRT English. Lithuanian National Radio and Television (20 December 2021). 25 January 2022時点のオリジナルよりアーカイブ。25 January 2022閲覧。 “Duda (Polish president) said that Russia has no right to issue ultimatums and should withdraw its troops from Ukraine's borders. "Speaking about who should make at least a step back here, it has to be done by Russia, which has for 13 years been carrying out aggressive acts and wants to bring back imperialist policies," he said.”
Paul, Taylor (23 November 2021). “Ukraine: NATO's original sin”. Politico. https://www.politico.eu/article/ukraine-nato-georgia-europe-european-union-united-states/. "This Bucharest summit decision perhaps marked the culmination of the “unipolar moment,” when the U.S. believed it could reshape the world along Western lines, ignoring warnings by leaders like former French President Jacques Chirac, that “Russia should not be humiliated,” and German Chancellor Angela Merkel, that Moscow’s “legitimate security interests” should be taken into account. The result heightened Kremlin’s fears of encirclement and of losing the strategic depth that enabled Russia to prevail over Western invaders twice in two centuries — Napoleon in 1812 and Hitler from 1941 to 1945. It also failed to enhance the security of Georgia or Ukraine — no amount of assurances that NATO is not a threat to Russia, that its purpose is purely defensive or that none of its weapons would ever be used except in response to an attack could assuage Moscow."
Sindelar, Daisy (23 February 2014). “Was Yanukovych's Ouster Constitutional?”. Radio Free Europe. 29 July 2020時点のオリジナルよりアーカイブ。25 February 2014閲覧。 “A majority of 328 lawmakers of the 450-seat parliament voted on February 22 to remove Yanukovych from power, citing as grounds his abandoning office and the deaths of more than 80 protesters and police in the past chaotic week of violence.”
Andrew, Wilson (23 December 2021). “Russia and Ukraine: 'One People' as Putin Claims?”. Royal United Services Institute. 24 January 2022時点のオリジナルよりアーカイブ。25 January 2022閲覧。 “Putin’s key trope is that Ukrainians and Russians are ‘one people’, and he calls them both ‘Russian’. He starts with a myth of common origin: ‘Russians, Ukrainians and Belarusians are all descendants of Ancient Rus', which was the largest state in Europe’ from the 9th–13th centuries AD. Here, Putin uses the right word – Rus’ – not the modern word for ‘Russia’, which is Rossiya, a Hellenism only introduced in the 17th century.”
Timothy D., Snyder (18 January 2022). “How to think about war in Ukraine”. Thinking about... (newsletter). 19 January 2022時点のオリジナルよりアーカイブ。25 January 2021閲覧。 “Nationality is about the way that people in the present think about the what is to come. If Ukrainians regard themselves as a national community with a future together in a state, then the issue is settled. Historically speaking, the idea that a dictator in another country decides who is a nation and who is not is known as imperialism.”
Andrew, Roth (7 December 2021). “Putin's Ukraine rhetoric driven by distorted view of neighbour”. The Guardian. 7 December 2021時点のオリジナルよりアーカイブ。25 January 2021閲覧。 “Putin has threatened a broader war in Ukraine over Nato enlargement, demanding “legal guarantees” to ensure Ukraine does not join the military alliance or become a kind of “unofficial” member hosting troops or defence infrastructure. But that fear has gone hand-in-hand with chauvinistic bluster that indicates Moscow has a distorted view of modern Ukraine and the goals it wants to achieve there.”
Jonathan, Guyer (27 January 2022). “How America's NATO expansion obsession plays into the Ukraine crisis”. Vox. https://www.vox.com/22900113/nato-ukraine-russia-crisis-clinton-expansion. "Ukraine is a former Soviet republic. It isn’t joining NATO anytime soon, and President Joe Biden has said as much. Still, NATO’s open-door policy — the alliance’s foundational principle that any qualified European country could join — cuts both ways. To the West, it’s a statement of autonomy; to Russia, it’s a threat. The core of the NATO treaty is Article 5, a commitment that an attack on any country is treated as an attack on the entire alliance — meaning any Russian military engagement with a hypothetical NATO-member Ukraine would theoretically bring Moscow into conflict with the US, the UK, France, and the 27 other NATO members."
Sindelar, Daisy (23 February 2014). “Was Yanukovych's Ouster Constitutional?”. Radio Free Europe. 29 July 2020時点のオリジナルよりアーカイブ。25 February 2014閲覧。 “A majority of 328 lawmakers of the 450-seat parliament voted on February 22 to remove Yanukovych from power, citing as grounds his abandoning office and the deaths of more than 80 protesters and police in the past chaotic week of violence.”
Grytsenko, Oksana (12 April 2014). “Armed pro-Russian insurgents in Luhansk say they are ready for police raid”. Kyiv Post (Luhansk). オリジナルの12 April 2014時点におけるアーカイブ。. https://web.archive.org/web/20140412131249/http://www.kyivpost.com/content/ukraine/armed-pro-russian-insurgents-in-luhansk-say-they-are-ready-for-police-raid-343167.html. "The insurgents demand the authorities to stop an anti-terrorist operation against them and other separatists of Ukraine' southeast. They also want the Russian language to have official status as well a law allowing local referendums and legalization of their army. But their top aim is federalization of the country through all-Ukrainian referendum, one step from secession from the nation. “It should be a federation in the borders of Ukraine, but with the right to separate if people demand this,” Kariakin said, confident that 85 percent of people in Luhansk Oblast, Ukraine's seventh most populous with 2.2 million people, support him. Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk, in neighboring Donetsk on April 11, that local referendums are possible, but only to decide local issues. He also assured the residents of the mostly Russian-speaking southeast that the government would not revoke the current law on regional languages that, in fact, gives Russian official status in these regions."
Ragozin, Leonid. “Annexation of Crimea: A masterclass in political manipulation” (英語). Riga: Al Jazeera. 28 May 2020時点のオリジナルよりアーカイブ。24 January 2022閲覧。 “Putin framed the invasion and eventual annexation of Crimea as an act of salvation rather than a clear violation of international law and turned a revolution which could have marked the end of his rule into a much-needed popularity booster – the wave of chauvinism triggered by the annexation of Crimea sent Putin’s approval ratings to an unbelievable 89 percent, while sidelining the opposition and giving him another five years of relatively trouble-free time at home.”
Vladimir, Putin (12 July 2021). “Article by Vladimir Putin 'On the Historical Unity of Russians and Ukrainians'”. The Kremlin. 25 January 2021時点のオリジナルよりアーカイブ。2022年2月17日閲覧。 “During the recent Direct Line, when I was asked about Russian-Ukrainian relations, I said that Russians and Ukrainians were one people – a single whole. These words were not driven by some short-term considerations or prompted by the current political context. It is what I have said on numerous occasions and what I firmly believe. I therefore feel it necessary to explain my position in detail and share my assessments of today's situation.”
Matthew, Lee (7 January 2022). “US, NATO rule out halt to expansion, reject Russian demands” (英語). AP News. Associated Press. 24 January 2022時点のオリジナルよりアーカイブ。24 January 2022閲覧。 “Their comments amounted to a complete dismissal of a key part of Russian President Vladimir Putin’s demands for easing tensions with Ukraine. Putin wants NATO to halt membership plans for all countries, including Ukraine. The former Soviet republic is unlikely to join the alliance in the foreseeable future, but NATO nations won’t rule it out.”
Oliver, Bullough (28 March 2014). “Vladimir Putin: The rebuilding of 'Soviet' Russia”. BBC. 24 January 2022時点のオリジナルよりアーカイブ。25 January 2022閲覧。 “According to Vladimir Bukovsky, a dissident who spent a decade in Soviet prisons before his exile to the West in 1976, Putin is totally genuine when he says the disintegration of the Soviet Union was a "geopolitical catastrophe". "He does not understand that the collapse of the Soviet system was predetermined, therefore he believes his mission is to restore the Soviet system as soon as possible," he says.”
Rubin, Trudy (11 January 2022). “Putin wants to reestablish the Russian empire. Can NATO stop him without war?”. The Philadelphia Inquirer. 25 January 2022時点のオリジナルよりアーカイブ。25 January 2022閲覧。 “So the stakes of this geopolitical chess game are much bigger than Ukraine’s future. (Although Ukraine is the critical test case.) And the game revolves around Vladimir Putin’s visceral desire to reestablish the Cold War dividing lines between East and West. He wants to rebuild the former Soviet sphere of influence that extended from Central Europe through Central Asia, and views this effort as a restoration of Russian greatness.”
“Lithuanian president: Russia's attempts to create 'zones of influence' will not be tolerated”. LRT English. Lithuanian National Radio and Television (20 December 2021). 25 January 2022時点のオリジナルよりアーカイブ。25 January 2022閲覧。 “Duda (Polish president) said that Russia has no right to issue ultimatums and should withdraw its troops from Ukraine's borders. "Speaking about who should make at least a step back here, it has to be done by Russia, which has for 13 years been carrying out aggressive acts and wants to bring back imperialist policies," he said.”
Timothy D., Snyder (18 January 2022). “How to think about war in Ukraine”. Thinking about... (newsletter). 19 January 2022時点のオリジナルよりアーカイブ。25 January 2021閲覧。 “Nationality is about the way that people in the present think about the what is to come. If Ukrainians regard themselves as a national community with a future together in a state, then the issue is settled. Historically speaking, the idea that a dictator in another country decides who is a nation and who is not is known as imperialism.”
Andrew, Roth (7 December 2021). “Putin's Ukraine rhetoric driven by distorted view of neighbour”. The Guardian. 7 December 2021時点のオリジナルよりアーカイブ。25 January 2021閲覧。 “Putin has threatened a broader war in Ukraine over Nato enlargement, demanding “legal guarantees” to ensure Ukraine does not join the military alliance or become a kind of “unofficial” member hosting troops or defence infrastructure. But that fear has gone hand-in-hand with chauvinistic bluster that indicates Moscow has a distorted view of modern Ukraine and the goals it wants to achieve there.”
Peter, Dickinson (15 July 2021). “Putin's new Ukraine essay reveals imperial ambitions”. Atlantic Council. 15 July 2021時点のオリジナルよりアーカイブ。25 January 2021閲覧。 “Vladimir Putin’s inaccurate and distorted claims are neither new nor surprising. They are just the latest example of gaslighting by the Kremlin leader. This, after all, is the man who famously told US President George W. Bush that Ukraine was not a real country during a widely reported exchange at the 2008 NATO summit in Bucharest. Putin’s claim that the “true sovereignty of Ukraine is possible only in partnership with Russia” is grotesquely disingenuous. For Ukraine, partnership with Russia has mainly meant subjugation by Russia.”
Andrew, Wilson (23 December 2021). “Russia and Ukraine: 'One People' as Putin Claims?”. Royal United Services Institute. 24 January 2022時点のオリジナルよりアーカイブ。25 January 2022閲覧。 “Putin’s key trope is that Ukrainians and Russians are ‘one people’, and he calls them both ‘Russian’. He starts with a myth of common origin: ‘Russians, Ukrainians and Belarusians are all descendants of Ancient Rus', which was the largest state in Europe’ from the 9th–13th centuries AD. Here, Putin uses the right word – Rus’ – not the modern word for ‘Russia’, which is Rossiya, a Hellenism only introduced in the 17th century.”
