Very recommendable this opinion piece by the chief editor of the Kyiv Post!
When a former, coerced, subjected to a genocide (Holodomor) republic of the former Soviet Union declares independence and defies a former KGB officer and Russian warmongering dictator for life!
The coming of a country between Europe and Asia between modernity and backwardness!
Let the international war crimes tribunal against Putin the Terrible and his accomplices begin immediately, preferably in Nuremberg, Germany! (in absentia or not)
"The moment of truth has arrived. Western naivety about Russia, its history, culture, and motives, has been finally exposed and is being reckoned with.
Russia has lost its pretentious standing as an international colossus, and the fig leaf of “great culture” and of a self-exalted champion against fascism and for the rights of former colonies has been virtually blown away.
The emperor – not just would-be latter-day Tsar Putin, but the entire atavistic Russian autocratic and imperial ethos – has been exposed as naked, ugly, toxic and highly dangerous. ...
For far too long Russia in its various incarnations was either misunderstood, leading to naïve perceptions, or given far too much generous credit by fellow travelers, useful idiots, “pragmatists,” and self-centered cynics. Soviet ideologues seized on their gullibility and exploited their willingness to support tacitly or explicitly Russia’s narratives or appease it. ...
Any specialist worth their salt will know that Russia’s Catherine II conducted a lively correspondence with Europe’s preeminent freethinker in the 18th century – Voltaire. And as far back as 1731, he wrote in his first book: “Ukraine has always aspired to be free.” ...
Imperial Russia, together with its other allies, eventually defeated Napoleon and in 1815 occupied Paris. But what happened to those Russian officers who reached France and saw the difference between the backward autocratic Eurasian empire and the modern Europe of those days? They attempted a coup d’état in December 1825 to overthrow the Russian autocracy. Unfortunately, these liberal “Decembrists” were defeated and executed or imprisoned. Sadly, Russia has had few moments of genuine democracy. ...
Taras Shevchenko, the poet, artist and visionary, regarded as the inspirational voice awakening modern Ukraine, spent 10 years in penal servitude between 1849 and 1859 because of his outspokenness in denouncing Russia autocracy and imperialism. ...
The emperor – not just would-be latter-day Tsar Putin, but the entire atavistic Russian autocratic and imperial ethos – has been exposed as naked, ugly, toxic and highly dangerous. ...
For far too long Russia in its various incarnations was either misunderstood, leading to naïve perceptions, or given far too much generous credit by fellow travelers, useful idiots, “pragmatists,” and self-centered cynics. Soviet ideologues seized on their gullibility and exploited their willingness to support tacitly or explicitly Russia’s narratives or appease it. ...
Any specialist worth their salt will know that Russia’s Catherine II conducted a lively correspondence with Europe’s preeminent freethinker in the 18th century – Voltaire. And as far back as 1731, he wrote in his first book: “Ukraine has always aspired to be free.” ...
Imperial Russia, together with its other allies, eventually defeated Napoleon and in 1815 occupied Paris. But what happened to those Russian officers who reached France and saw the difference between the backward autocratic Eurasian empire and the modern Europe of those days? They attempted a coup d’état in December 1825 to overthrow the Russian autocracy. Unfortunately, these liberal “Decembrists” were defeated and executed or imprisoned. Sadly, Russia has had few moments of genuine democracy. ...
Taras Shevchenko, the poet, artist and visionary, regarded as the inspirational voice awakening modern Ukraine, spent 10 years in penal servitude between 1849 and 1859 because of his outspokenness in denouncing Russia autocracy and imperialism. ...
Russia’s cynical all-out assault on Ukraine in February 2022 was the ultimate game changer. It rallied Ukrainians, regardless of their regional, linguistic or ethnic background to the cause of an independent, democratic, European state and gave the new president, Volodymyr Zelensky, a political newcomer, the opportunity to excel as a wartime leader and communicator on behalf of his beleaguered nation. ...
On the contrary, Russia’s invasion and its genocidal strategy only accelerated the crystallization of a modern, full-fledged, inclusive, Ukrainian political nation. ..."
On the contrary, Russia’s invasion and its genocidal strategy only accelerated the crystallization of a modern, full-fledged, inclusive, Ukrainian political nation. ..."
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