President Putin ultimately believes Ukraine to be part of ‘historical Russia’, and he is watching political events there closely, as Vladislav Inozemtsev explains
There are some issues in particular that we should take note of in this context: more than 48 per cent of Ukrainians express positive or mostly positive attitudes towards Russia; the issue of regaining the control over Crimea ranks 16th on the list on their major concerns; and the leaders of several political parties are openly calling for the “autonomisation” of eastern Ukraine .Ruslan Madagov was on a dangerous mission, searching for newly laid mines.
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