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Rename Russia? Zelenskyy wants to look into it
[Politico] ...Valeriya Shakhvorostova, the petition’s author, said the name change is justified as it will destroy Russia’s false narratives about common ancestry with Ukraine, as well as its encroachment on the history of Kyivan Rus. For foreigners, the names ’Rus’ (as Kyivan Rus was marked on the ancient maps) and ’Russia,’ ’Russie,’ and ’Russland’ look almost identical, as if it is the name of one state that has undergone certain changes over time and [...] translations into different languages," Shakhvorostova wrote in the petition to Zelenskyy. ... Whether it gets the go-ahead or not, the Kremlin was incensed by the Ukrainian move. "That is another evidence of the attempt to create ’anti-Russia’ from Ukraine," said Russian foreign ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova. Edited to remove proposed name. Hint per above img. Posted by: Anomalous Sources 2023-03-15 |
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