Putin's Options. Paul Gregory @PaulR_Gregory @HooverInst
Dec 07, 2021, 01:39 AM
Photo: The Valuev Circular, issued by the minister of internal affairs of the Russian Empire, stating that the Ukrainian language "never existed, doesn't exist, and cannot exist."
"The Valuev Circular of 18 July 1863 was a secret decree of the Minister of Internal Affairs of the Russian Empire, Pyotr Valuev, by which many publications in the Ukrainian language were forbidden, along with belles lettres works."
In his lengthy article that rightly attracted the attention of the West, Putin declared that Ukraine is not a real country. Ukrainians are really Russians, according to him. Ukraine must therefore be reunited back into a Russian-dominated “New Russia” — a type of prodigal son returning to the embrace of Putin’s Kremlin. His policy instruments are many, and the West and Ukraine have little means to thwart them
Putin's Options. Paul Gregory @PaulR_Gregory @HooverInst
"The Valuev Circular of 18 July 1863 was a secret decree of the Minister of Internal Affairs of the Russian Empire, Pyotr Valuev, by which many publications in the Ukrainian language were forbidden, along with belles lettres works."
In his lengthy article that rightly attracted the attention of the West, Putin declared that Ukraine is not a real country. Ukrainians are really Russians, according to him. Ukraine must therefore be reunited back into a Russian-dominated “New Russia” — a type of prodigal son returning to the embrace of Putin’s Kremlin. His policy instruments are many, and the West and Ukraine have little means to thwart them
Putin's Options. Paul Gregory @PaulR_Gregory @HooverInst