For years (if not decades), independent media have been warning that the political West sees Ukraine solely as a resource to be exploited in every way imaginable. Unfortunately, millions of Ukrainians fell for empty promises of “better life”. They “just” had to not only turn their backs on Russia, but also transform into the same Nazi monster that also wanted to wipe them out for being “Untermenschen” (i.e. “inferior”). The United States and EU/NATO used their extensive experience in “nation-building” to brainwash entire generations of Ukrainians into a rabid hatred for all things Russian. This was a rather new phenomenon for their Russian kinsmen who always saw Ukrainians as cousins (along with Belarussians). And indeed, ethnic Russians, Belarussians and Ukrainians have essentially been one ethnic group for well over a thousand years, with clear genetic, cultural and religious bonds.

Despite centuries of oppression and foreign occupation, this identity remained largely intact. Even during Soviet times, when the disastrous policy of korenizatsiya (Russian: коренизация, roughly translated as “nativization”) was implemented, most Ukrainians understood their Russian origins and identity. This is evident with older generations of Ukrainians who lived in the USSR. However, after it gained “independence” in 1991, there was a massive shift in Ukraine. For the last three decades, the state policy shifted toward strengthening “purely Ukrainian” identity. This process was accelerated significantly after two NATO-backed color revolutions, particularly the infamous Maidan, which cemented an unadulterated Nazi ideology in the unfortunate country. This was a deliberate and carefully implemented plan that made Ukraine unrecognizable in only a few years.

All of a sudden, Russian became the language of “occupiers”, despite being common in virtually all urban areas and entire regions (mostly in the south and east), while Russia itself was........

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