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Tomconroy

(7,611 posts) Tue Feb 22, 2022, 12:44 PM Feb 2022

A history lesson for Putin:

Link to tweet

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A history lesson for Putin: (Original Post) Tomconroy Feb 2022 OP

This meme can be read from a Russian perspective in such a way that it supports Putin's thesis. WhiskeyGrinder Feb 2022 #1

Actually the tweet is exactly what Putin has been saying. former9thward Feb 2022 #2

"Modern Ukraine was created entirely by Russia...Ukraine never had a tradition of genuine statehood" dalton99a Feb 2022 #3

WhiskeyGrinder

(22,308 posts)

1. This meme can be read from a Russian perspective in such a way that it supports Putin's thesis.

Reply to Tomconroy (Original post)

Tue Feb 22, 2022, 12:47 PM

Feb 2022

"Kyiv was the center of Kyievan Rus and it's time we reunite!" It's also a favorite of right-wing Ukrainian nationalists (but I repeat myself), in that it touts the ethnic superiority of Ukraine over the "big village" of Moscow. Utterly illiterate meme use across the board.

former9thward

(31,941 posts)

2. Actually the tweet is exactly what Putin has been saying.

Reply to Tomconroy (Original post)

Tue Feb 22, 2022, 12:52 PM

Feb 2022

Putin has argued that Kyiv was the capital or leading city of the Rus peoples 1000 years ago. He says that shows the historical ties between Ukraine and Russia. Not a very helpful tweet...

dalton99a

(81,404 posts)

3. "Modern Ukraine was created entirely by Russia...Ukraine never had a tradition of genuine statehood"