Serhii Plokhy: Are Russians and Ukrainians the same people?
A kneeling woman crosses herself in front of portraits of Maidan activists who were killed during the Maidan protests, during a memorial ceremony marking the second anniversary of the beginning of the protests in Kyiv on Nov. 21.
In the last few years Vladimir Putin has surprised many observers of the international scene not only by his actions, but also by his words.
