Deputy Foreign Minister Mikhail Galuzin gave the impression of growing challenges to Russian interests like those that his boss Sergey Lavrov soberly acknowledged in an earlier interview, but following his lead, he’s also optimistic that they’ll ultimately be surmounted.
The Eastern and southern parts of Ukraine have populations who like/favor Russia. In the Western parts of Ukraine we have an anti Russia attitude largely because thy do not feel up to what Russia is, SUP ER POWER.
«The Eastern and southern parts of Ukraine have populations who like/favor Russia. In the Western parts of Ukraine we have an anti Russia attitude largely because»
Because they had a large empire which Muscovy defeated and also despise russians as an inferior mixed-mongol race ("orcs"). Usual quotes:
“The population welcomed us warmly, regardless of how hard it was for them to provide food to soldiers; they always found some nice treats — some villagers boiled chicken, others boiled potatoes and cut lard (soldiers dubbed this kind of catering ‘a grandmother’s ration’). However, such attitudes were common only in the Eastern Ukraine. As soon as we entered the Western Ukraine, that had passed to the Soviet Union from Poland in 1940, the attitude of the population was quite different — people hid from us in their houses, as they disliked and feared the Muscovites and Kastaps [a disparaging name for Russians in Ukraine – translators comment]. Besides that, those places were Bandera areas, where the nationalistic movement was quite strong.”
“I even found my family on the internet! I found my mother's 88 year old sister which meant I could go back to Ukraine as an insider not just a tourist. I really saw both halves of the country that way; westward-looking Kiev which is Catholic and very different from the east, which is a lot closer to the Soviet Union. A lot of people speak Russian in the east so in Ukraine there are two very disparate cultures in one country.”
Thank you Andrew for your analytical essays and the comments they attract. I can't find any similar news feed here in Australia - only propaganda drivel from UK and US sources. This must be distressing for the many generational migrants from Central European and Slavic nations who are well settled here and have contributed to the prosperity of our nation.
«As for Azerbaijan [...] a “goodwill gesture” to Russia, but it’s unclear whether any progress has been made on this or if it’s just wishful thinking.»
Since 1990 the azerbaijanis have celebrated the anniversary of their progroms of the armenians and of the attempt of the russian army to protect the armenians and restore order as a russian genocide against Azerbaijan. Such anti-armenian and anti-russian celebrations are organized by the Azerbaijan government and the original massacres seem to have been organized by the Aliyev clan who wanted to leave the USSR to privatize the oilfields of Baku.
Is that here the words of a minister whose country threw its gauntlet in US empire face 4 years ago, wich sacrificed hundreds of thousands of its best sons and destroyed a entire country and almost one million slavic neighbours to require a new security architecture?
It's completely crazy.
While Medvedev more and more ridiculously play tough and thump his chest, like if he was not a fervent libéral occidentalist ten years ago, the official russians sherpas bow and scrape.
What a tragedy
Seemingly, it's not only western leaders who takes they citizens for morons.
The Eastern and southern parts of Ukraine have populations who like/favor Russia. In the Western parts of Ukraine we have an anti Russia attitude largely because thy do not feel up to what Russia is, SUP ER POWER.
«The Eastern and southern parts of Ukraine have populations who like/favor Russia. In the Western parts of Ukraine we have an anti Russia attitude largely because»
Because they had a large empire which Muscovy defeated and also despise russians as an inferior mixed-mongol race ("orcs"). Usual quotes:
http://ww2today.com/1-march-1944-the-red-army-marches-across-ukraine
“The population welcomed us warmly, regardless of how hard it was for them to provide food to soldiers; they always found some nice treats — some villagers boiled chicken, others boiled potatoes and cut lard (soldiers dubbed this kind of catering ‘a grandmother’s ration’). However, such attitudes were common only in the Eastern Ukraine. As soon as we entered the Western Ukraine, that had passed to the Soviet Union from Poland in 1940, the attitude of the population was quite different — people hid from us in their houses, as they disliked and feared the Muscovites and Kastaps [a disparaging name for Russians in Ukraine – translators comment]. Besides that, those places were Bandera areas, where the nationalistic movement was quite strong.”
https://www.bbc.co.uk/southyorkshire/content/articles/2007/04/16/marina_lewycka_rony_robinson_feature.shtml>
“I even found my family on the internet! I found my mother's 88 year old sister which meant I could go back to Ukraine as an insider not just a tourist. I really saw both halves of the country that way; westward-looking Kiev which is Catholic and very different from the east, which is a lot closer to the Soviet Union. A lot of people speak Russian in the east so in Ukraine there are two very disparate cultures in one country.”
Yes, they like Russia when it pay for pensions.
Thank you Andrew for your analytical essays and the comments they attract. I can't find any similar news feed here in Australia - only propaganda drivel from UK and US sources. This must be distressing for the many generational migrants from Central European and Slavic nations who are well settled here and have contributed to the prosperity of our nation.
«As for Azerbaijan [...] a “goodwill gesture” to Russia, but it’s unclear whether any progress has been made on this or if it’s just wishful thinking.»
Since 1990 the azerbaijanis have celebrated the anniversary of their progroms of the armenians and of the attempt of the russian army to protect the armenians and restore order as a russian genocide against Azerbaijan. Such anti-armenian and anti-russian celebrations are organized by the Azerbaijan government and the original massacres seem to have been organized by the Aliyev clan who wanted to leave the USSR to privatize the oilfields of Baku.
https://dornsife.usc.edu/armenian/2020/01/13/map-of-january-1990-armenian-pogroms-in-baku-azerbaijan/
So the idea that Azerbaijan will be friendly to the Russian Federation is absurd.
Is that here the words of a minister whose country threw its gauntlet in US empire face 4 years ago, wich sacrificed hundreds of thousands of its best sons and destroyed a entire country and almost one million slavic neighbours to require a new security architecture?
It's completely crazy.
While Medvedev more and more ridiculously play tough and thump his chest, like if he was not a fervent libéral occidentalist ten years ago, the official russians sherpas bow and scrape.
What a tragedy
Seemingly, it's not only western leaders who takes they citizens for morons.