Vladimir Putin: I still think that the Russians and the Ukrainians are one nation – Virtual Poland

Vladimir Putin: I still think that the Russians and the Ukrainians are one nation – Virtual Poland

Russian President Vladimir Putin said that he still believes that Russians and Ukrainians are one nation. He also expressed his belief that the Ukrainians objectively evaluate the activities of the people who brought their country to the present state.
 

Putin spoke at a rally-concert Wasiljewskim Spusku, against the wall of the Kremlin, dedicated to the first anniversary of joining the Crimea to the Russian Federation. Gathering of tens of thousands of people. – In Russia has always believed that Russians and Ukrainians are one nation. I still think so. Extreme nationalism has always been harmful and dangerous. I am convinced that the Ukrainian people with dignity and objectively assess those who brought Ukraine to the state in which it is now – pointed.

The president declared that Moscow, for its part, “will do everything we depend on it to return to normal interstate relations with Ukraine”.
 

President was accompanied by leaders of the Crimea and Sevastopol, including the head of the Crimean government Sergei Aksyonov and the head of the Crimean parliament Vladimir Konstantinov. Putin described the Crimea as “a source of Russian spirituality and statehood”.

So-Spusku Wasiljewskim concert, held under the slogan “We are together! The re-unification of Crimea with Russia”, organized the All-Russia Popular Front (ONF), which is Putin’s political base. There were the stars of Russian stage, including favorite artists President of Russia: Nikolai Rastorguev with “Lube” Grigory Leps and.