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Separatism in Russia refers to bids for secession or autonomy for certain federal subjects or areas of the Russian Federation.Historically there have been many attempts to break away from the Russian Empire and the Soviet Union but modern separatism took shape in Russia after the Dissolution of the Soviet Union and the annexation of Crimea. [1]
Russia launched a full invasion of Ukraine in February 2022. [122] In announcing the invasion, Putin espoused an imperialist ideology; he repeatedly denied Ukraine's right to exist , calling the country "an inalienable part of our own history, culture and spiritual space", and claiming that it was created by Russia. [ 123 ]
On 24 February 2022, Russia launched a full invasion of Ukraine. [27] In announcing the invasion, Putin repeatedly denied Ukraine's right to exist, calling the country "an inalienable part of our own history, culture and spiritual space", and claiming that it was created by Russia. [28]
Nearly three years after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine saw Moscow condemned by countries globally, leader Vladimir Putin is staging a summit with more than a dozen world leaders – in a pointed ...
Hardly a single nation or country has not molded its history to advantage, writes Richard Cohen.
The Israel-Hamas war has forced Russia into a delicate balancing act, with Moscow urging a quick end to the fighting without apportioning blame. The careful stand is due to Russia's long ties to ...
During Ecumenical Patriarch Jeremias II's visit to Moscow in 1588-9 "to collect funds to assist the [Eastern] Orthodox communities living in the Ottoman Empire", [13] Jeremias recognized in 1589 the Metropolitan of Moscow as patriarch. [14] This recognition was "a victory for those who saw Moscow as the Third Rome." [13]
The gathering of the Russian lands or Rus' lands [1] [a] (Russian: собирание русских земель) was the process in which new states – usually the Principality of Moscow and the Grand Duchy of Lithuania – acquired former territories of Kievan Rus' from the 14th century onwards, claiming to be its legitimate successor.