President of Russia Vladimir Putin called the “author and architect” of Ukraine V.I. Lenin. The head of state stated this in an address to the Russians. Broadcasted by TV channel “Russia 24” and media platform “Looking”.
As the Russian leader stated, the Bolsheviks wanted to stay in power at any cost after the revolution, they went to any lengths, including the Brest peace and the satisfaction of any “wants” of the nationalists. The Leninist principles of state building were much worse than just a mistake.
“As a result of the Bolshevik policy, Soviet Ukraine arose, which even today can be rightly called “Ukraine named after Vladimir Ilyich Lenin.” literally squeezed into Ukraine,” Putin said.
He acknowledged that the events of the Soviet past cannot be changed, but he believes that it is necessary to speak about them directly. The right of the republics to secede from the USSR was a “mine”, since the “bacillus” of nationalism did not disappear during the years of Soviet power.
The President of the Russian Federation recalled that radicals and nationalists ascribe to themselves the merit of winning the independence of Ukraine, but noted that this is not so.
Ukraine for Russia is not just a neighboring country, it is an integral part of its own history, culturethese are our relatives and relatives, Putin stressed.
He added that the Russian Federation is ready to show Ukraine what real decommunization means.