Vladimir Putin’s decade long media campaigns turned Russians against Ukrainians and the Ukrainian state prior to his 2014 annexation of Crimea. The divorce between Russia and Ukraine which began with the disintegration of the USSR gained momentum after the 2004 Orange Revolution.
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Taras Kuzio: What do Russians think of Ukrainians, and vice versa?
A Russian opposition supporter takes part in a rally in central Moscow on May 6 to mark five years since the anti-Putin protest on Bolotnaya Square that led to dozens of arrests and injuries on both police and protesters sides.