Analysis of information sources in references of the Wikipedia article "Nga xâm lược Ukraina" in Vietnamese language version.
Vladimir Putin's inaccurate and distorted claims are neither new nor surprising. They are just the latest example of gaslighting by the Kremlin leader.
'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 (Vladimir Bukovsky) says.
Conceptually, Russia sees Ukraine within the sphere of own "privileged interests"; in fact, it means a modernized version of Brezhnev's doctrine of "limited sovereignty", realized after the occupation of Czechoslovakia in 1968.
|title= (trợ giúp)Demonstrators stick a portrait of Vladimir Putin during an anti-war protest in front of the Russian embassy, after Russia launched a massive military operation against Ukraine, in Santiago Chile
Ukrainian, Russian and Colombian citizens protest in front of the Russian embassy in Bogota, Colombia against the Russian invasion of Ukraine
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.
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.
In September 2020, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy approved Ukraine's new National Security Strategy, which provides for the development of the distinctive partnership with NATO with the aim of membership in NATO.
Ukrainian, Russian and Colombian citizens protest in front of the Russian embassy in Bogota, Colombia against the Russian invasion of Ukraine
The result heightened Kremlin's fears of encirclement and of losing the strategic depth that enabled Russia to prevail over Western invaders twice ... 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.
Demonstrators stick a portrait of Vladimir Putin during an anti-war protest in front of the Russian embassy, after Russia launched a massive military operation against Ukraine, in Santiago Chile
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.
Historically speaking, the idea that a dictator in another country decides who is a nation and who is not is known as imperialism.
The Russian president, Vladimir Putin, today repeated his warning that Moscow would view any attempt to expand NATO to its borders as a "direct threat".
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.
|title= (trợ giúp)Decree No. 117/2021 of March 24 on enactment of the relevant decision of the National Security and Defense Council was published on the website of the Head of State.
To the West, it's a statement of autonomy; to Russia, it's a threat.
Conceptually, Russia sees Ukraine within the sphere of own "privileged interests"; in fact, it means a modernized version of Brezhnev's doctrine of "limited sovereignty", realized after the occupation of Czechoslovakia in 1968.
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.
Historically speaking, the idea that a dictator in another country decides who is a nation and who is not is known as imperialism.
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.
Vladimir Putin's inaccurate and distorted claims are neither new nor surprising. They are just the latest example of gaslighting by the Kremlin leader.
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.
'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 (Vladimir Bukovsky) says.
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.