"Russian measure" in neighboring countries: in ISW ​​told how Putin justifies the war against Ukraine

The President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin again presented his concept of "Russian identity", including Ukrainians and Belarusians in the concept of "Russian nation". According to the President, the non -Slavic peoples of Russia, as well as nations that live in the territories that were part of the USSR and the Russian Empire, are considered by it as part of the broader concept - the "Russian world". This was reported by analysts at the ISW war.

In his speech at a meeting of the World Russian People's Cathedral on November 28, President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin finally crystallized his own concept of Russian identity. In his opinion, it consists of a "Russian nation", where Putin, in addition to the Russians, also includes Ukrainians and Belarusians, as well as a broader concept of "Russian world".

He, according to the Russian President, includes both non -Slavic peoples living in the Russian Federation and all peoples and nations that inhabit the territories that once part of the USSR and the Russian Empire.

"Putin repeated his previous false statements that the" Russian nation "and the people consist of ethnic Russians, Belarusians and Ukrainians who were artificially and violent divided as a result of political miscalculations during and after the collapse of the Soviet Union, claiming that Russia (state) It should unite this "Russian nation", - writes in ISW. "Russian measure" Putin defined as a certain community - regardless of their national or religious affiliation.

In his speech, the dictator identified the fundamental role of Russians in this predictable "community". Putin emphasized that, in his opinion, both the state and the "Russian world" could not exist without the participation of ethnic . "Geographically", in Putin's imagination, "Russian measure" spreads in the territory where Kievan Rus, Moscow kingdom, Russian Empire, USSR and modern Russian Federation once existed.

So analysts, the Kremlin's claims are concluded to Eastern Europe, Caucas Asia, where, according to Putin, live "Russian compatriots". We will remind that during a speech at a meeting of the discussion club "Valdai" in Sochi Vladimir Putin stated that in the "civilization sense" the Russian Federation has no borders.