The growing feud between the two nations is traumatising: nearly everyone in Russia has relatives in Ukraine.
The Second World War memorial in Kiev. Photo: Jana Bakunina As a Russian, I felt apprehensive, stepping off the plane in Kiev. Since the so-called Euromaidan revolution, which led to the ousting of the incumbent president Viktor Yanukovich in February 2014, the Ukrainians have plenty of reasons to dislike the Russians. Yanukovich, whose corrupt regime caused the public to begin a peaceful protest on Maidan Nezalezhnosti (Independence Square) in the capital of Ukraine in November 2013, is now reportedly hiding near Moscow, having …read more
Source: New Statesman
