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.
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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.
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