Would you agree with it or not . Vladimir putting believes that russia has a historic claim to parts of western ukraine. So our opinion would be to view it in that light as a sincere expression of what he thinks and with that. Here it is. Miss president. Thank you. On february 22nd 2022, you addressed your country and a nationwide address when the conflict in ukraine started. And you said that you were acting because you had come to the conclusion that the United States through nato might initiate a quote, surprise attack on our country into american years. That sounds paranoid. Tell us why you believe the United States might break russia out into blue. How did you conclude that to do and youve talked to me because if its not, thats america im to United States was going to launch of surprises, franklin, russia. I didnt say that even though, are we having a talk show or a serious conversation . Heres the quote. Thank you. Its a formidable degree. Thats kind of what it should just let him know. No, thats cool. Cool. Was bus as well, but because your basic education isnt history as far as i understand. Yes. Yes, very possible. Its a bit. So if you dont mind to, i will take only 30 seconds or one minutes to give you a short to reference to history for giving you a little historical background, please. Of some of the agent shortly. Lets look where our relationship with ukraine started from. Where did ukraine come from . A hes good. This is thats the story directions. State started gathering itself as a centralized statehood with them know something that a hes considered and it is considered to be the year of the stablish event of the russian state of the in 862. 00. And i see it was just telling me that when the sales people of know girls invited a wrong in prince rick from scandinavia to reign by young wisdom. So just as difficult, especially with himself in 1862 russia celebrated in 1000 anniversary of its statehood. So it was the last name is steven over and the number of there is a memorial dedicated to the 1000 ever survey of the country in washington, 70882 rig successor brings old legs who was actually playing the role of regent. And thats for weeks young son, best suited to from the digging because really had died by that time came to key and got them with him. Issue of keith. And thats thing a lot to list you do, but i think he else the 2 brothers who apparently had seen the new ones, been members of rubik squad in yeah, lots in scheme. So russia begun to develop with 2 centers of power. You have enough girl. The shooting was much room and that there was to the next very significant date, and the history of russia was 988. What do you mean . This was the baptism of russia when rinse lot of miracle, the great grandson of real rig baptized the russia and adopted orthodoxy for eastern christianity some 30 years ago. And that i, shes getting this from this time, the centralized, the russian state begun to strengthen the latest. Why . Because of the single territory integrate that economic size, do music one and the same language. And after the baptism of russia, the same faith and rule of the prince, the centralized, the russian state begin to take shape. But i see this with us back in the middle ages. Prince ers loved the wise introduce the quarter of succession, to a trone and virginia, but still in the city. But after he passed away, it became complicated for various reasons. If you could afford, you push the corner for luxury central and was fast, not directly from father to eldest son, but from the prince section, who had passed away to his brother who should exempt to his sons in different lines from some the yeah, but i mean you should the peer look at all this, let the fragmentation and the end of bruce as a single state people because little business, there was nothing special about it and the same was happening then in europe, not that was appropriate in the scandal. So that starts to locate the g, the but the fragmented russian stays became an easy prey to the inspire created earlier banking is hon. Com, but the safety knows as his successors, namely, but the con came to roost, plunder than roy. Nearly all the cities. Southern parts including key if, by the way and some other cities are simply lost independence. Well northern cities preserved some of their sovereignty. What are the majestic when you get this . I think they have to pay tribute to the hoard, but they manage to preserve some parts of their sovereignty quality and that a, hes getting some and then a unified russian state and begun to take shape with his center in moscow. I dont much was the, the southern part, the russian lands, including key. If the simple cut, the school began to gradually gravitate towards another magnus to the center that was emerging in europe. It wasnt from the little scope. This was the grand duchy of lithuania. So there isnt that you didnt like it was even called dillard wait in russian. Dutchy, because the russians were a significant part of this population. They spoke the old russian language and where for to box, you mean when you do you notice the results . But then there was a unification. The union of the grand duchy over to a near and the kingdom of poland was the home we see a few years later, another union was signed and which in use less, but this time already in the religious fear. You remember what that gives you some of the orthodox priest games of origin as to the pope. Thus, these lands became part of the day before which looked waning states upon the at you and you have to choose to. The easiest thing is that its just during decades, the polls were engaged in the whole and is ation of this part of the population. Usually they introduced a language there. Try to in terms of the idea that theres lots relation was not exactly russians not today because they lived on the fringe. They were ukrainians and you might. So originally the word ukrainian meant that the person was living on the outskirts of the state along the fringes. Or was engaged in the Border Patrol service. It didnt mean any particular ethnic group. I think its interesting. So the polls were trying to the cities in every possible way to apologize this part of the russian lands and actually treated it rather personally, not to say fluently. All that led to the fact that this part of the russian lands begun to struggle for the rights beside the people they wrote letters to or solve demanding that their rights to be observed. And people be commissioned here including took the big pardon. Can you tell us what period im losing track and where in history we are the publish impression of utilizing the book. It wasnt the 13th century. I just didnt know what i did not send it its. Its a book to not see much it, you know, i will tell you what happens later. Machine is not testable. Youre looking and give the dates so that there is no confusion of the future. So to, and then 1654, even a bit earlier to, to ensure that, you know, uh, as soon as it goes to continue, it will, it will let people who were in control of the doors the home or that part of the russian lance, the base letting him know address for so i repeat this demanding that they sent them to rulers of a russian origin and orthodox space. But in warsaw did not answer them. And in fact, rejected their demands. They turned to moscow so that moscow took them away still, but yeah, when you do me extension to put them on them so that you dont think that im inventing things ill give you these documents as well. I, i, it doesnt sound like youre inventing it, but im not sure why its relevant to what have you. You know, if shell take it, lets do the commit these that a few weeks on documents from the archives copies. Just be some, nobody down here, the letters from bogged down from the landscape and tell your west with a good man who then controlled them are in this part of the russian lance. What show you that is now called ukraine, up was he wrote to warsaw demanding that they rides be upheld, probably be good enough to being refused. He begun to write letters to moscow masking to take them under the strong hand of the moscow sar. There are copies of these documents. I will leave them for you. A good memory. There is a translation into a russian. This electrical translated into english later, almost russia would not agree to admit them straight away. Assuming that the war with bolen was started, never the less, in 1654, the fun Russian Assembly of the top clergy and landowners headed by the sar. Just giving you to see if you knew me well, which was the representative body of the power of the old russian states decided to include the parts of the old russian lands and to moscow kingdom nibbles. As expected. The word with poland began bidding. It lasted 13 years and then in 1654 from or drop a truce was concluded. Splish, yes, name is good. And 32 years later, i think a peace treaty with poland, which they called internal peace was assigned at the for crossing. And these lands, the whole left bank of neighbor, including key of went to russia, is that you will remember and the whole right bank of nape or remain and to see stage 2 under the rule of kathrina, the great russia reclaims all of its historical lands, including in the south and west the, with this old last the dental, the revolution was before world war one. Use that c o street in general, a south relied on the id is sophia crania, is ation and started actively promoting the ideas of your brain and that ukraine is ation. But ideally, middle wiley, i guess now well assume that you know, select which button. So theyre both the most obvious ballistic just before world war one, once a week and the potential enemy and secure themselves and favorable conditions in the border area. So the idea which had emerged in poland, the people residing in that territory were allegedly not really russians, but brought that belong to a special ethnic group. Ukrainians who they started being propagated by the austrian general staff. What are the, what do you think youre pregnant . As far back as the 19th century, no fear is calling for ukrainian independence appeared. Ok. Screen vision. All those however claimed that ukraine should have a very Good Relationship with russia mustang. But what they insisted on that was the day when the technician used for 2 months, the after the 1917 revolution, that obviously was late. This is the status of those guys. The bolsheviks sought the restore the state and the civil war began including the hostilities with bowling plush efficient use of the whats good, im good. At the book, i told him is up and they can 1921 piece with bowlin was proclaimed. And under that 3 p, the right bank of neighbor river once again was given back to poland sufficient to get them in 1939 after poland cooperated with hitler. Tr. Lets keep them something this collaborates with him. You know, hitler offers bowling geese and a treaty of friendship like your little girl, a switch and alliance go demanding and returned the bowling to give back to germany. The so called the advancing car doors of the which connected the bulk of germany with east russia and canning spur. Thats known issues. Getting mine use a so can you compare them the the, the Source Solution . I appreciate the where one best territory it was transferred to poland and instead of bouncing a city of dunst emerged mister ben took up the user. Hitler asked them to give it amicably, but they reduced that of course, the next bill they collaborated with hitler and engaged together if you could even use do. Does that mean is in the partitioning of czechoslovakia, but may asking, youre making the case that the ukraine, certainly parts of the pregnancy and crane is in effect. Russia has been for hundreds of years. Why wouldnt you just take it when you became president . 24 years ago. You have Nuclear Weapons. They dont interest actual your land. Why did you wait so long . Sure. Im not sure. Ill tell you. Im coming to that stage this. This briefing is coming to annette. And it might be boring, but it does something more than anything. So i just dont know how its relevant. No, i think we should take them to good goodness you and im so ratified that you appreciate. That was the thank you. Its the know, so before world war 2, poland collaborated hibler. And although it did not yield to hitlers demands, its still participated in the partition and go czechoslovakia together with hitler who as the polls had not given good. Bounce a car door to germany, metrics and went so far pushing hitler to start the world war 2. By attacking them, even though what name is, why was it poland against whom the worst started on 1st september 1939, the evil blowing of poland turned out to be uncompromising against hitler. Had nothing to do but start implementing his plans with bowling b. As soon as get safe, by the way, that you as a star, i have read some archive documents behaved very honestly waste. And the publisher flow. It asked bolans permission to transit its troops through the poll, which territory to help czechoslovakia, whos got headspace doesnt have these. But the then polish for administer said that if the soviet plans flew over poland, they would be down. However, the territory of poland. Find them in july, but that doesnt matter. What matters is that there werent a gun, and boland felt great to the policies it hits or sued against chickens. Lucky, you know, its under the well known mullets of ribbons. You know, back in security, sweetie. I think some parts of the territory, including western ukraine, it was to be given to russia. But another way to say this is russia, which was then named this us sr. Regain this historical lance by the after the victory in the great the patriarch war. As we called world war 2 country. But its all those territories were ultimately enshrined as belonging to russia. Portia, today, us a sorry, but i think convinced i see that now the only thing thats for poland is that youd received apparently in compensation. The lands which had originally being german is up under a solution which is the eastern parts of germany. And these are now western lanes of poland. So we use this to the, that you dont know this, of course colon regain access to the multics c. And it sounds like youve done some product based on the, which was once again, given its own which name. What they can put on the flush. So this was how the situation developing better when you say the school site was the end of edition you took in 1922. When the ussr was being established easy, im not sure who familiar with this as opposed to like started building. They use a sorry and establish the soviet ukraine, which had never existed before for one right. Thats one of the simple watching. So should use which as well, but instead of say, darling insisted that those republics be included in the us as our as quite difficult. Yeah, ive done them a couple of tournaments, entities. Thats my why did school because thats the new state for some inexplicable reason. Land and the founder of the soviet state insisted that they be entitled to withdraw from the us. Its, are they give you a bit of who and again, for some unknown reasons, he transferred to that newly established soviet population of ukraine. Some of the lands together with the People Living there, even though those lens had never been called ukraine. And yet they were made part of that. So we had the republic of your brain on those lines included the blacks, the region which was received under after reading of the grades, which had no historical connection with ukraine whatsoever. Institution slipped, even if we go as far back as 1654. When these lands returned the russian empire, the 3rd 3 was the size of 3. 00 to 4. 00 regions of modern ukraine. With no blacks, a region that was completely out of the question, 1654 is exactly that. You know what, im just, i mean, you obviously encyclopedic knowledge of this region. But why didnt you make this case for the 1st 22 years as president that ukraine wasnt a real country . The you talk about it that im not sure if i was googling the boat to the soviet union was given a great deal of territory that had never belonged to including the black sea region. I think of them i see. The blue shield is the 2nd at some point when russia received them as an outcome of the russo turkish wars. They were called new russia or never received the stomach. But that does not matter what matters is that the land and the founder of this. So we had stayed with the ship, establish ukraine, that way it gives us that is as a fit for decades that ukrainian so if youre the republic to develop a sparks of the us sr and finance company to remotely and for unknown reasons. Again, the bolsheviks were engaged in ukrainian as ation. It was not merely because the soviet leadership was come close to a great extent of those originating product. Okay. Right. And the rather it was explained by the general policy of in the generalization versus by the soviet union and things now, same things were done in other soviet republics. This involves promoting National Languages and national cultures, which is not about in principle. That is how the soviet ukraine was created after the world war 2 ukraine received in addition to the lands that had belonged to poland before the war. Spots of the lands that had previously belonged to hungary and the remaining. So romania and hungry had some of their lands taken away and given to the soviet ukraine and they still remain part of your brain. And so in this sense, we have every reason to affirm that ukraine is an artificial stable that will shape that stallings which you believe hungry has a right to take its land back from ukraine. And the other nations have a right to go back to their 1654 borders or no use . No, its got good news and im not sure whether they should go back to the 1654 border sufficient touch to but given style in stine, so cold stallings regime, which as many claim so numerous violations of human rights and violations of the rights of other states with them, some of these can use the phone, you must know who youre going to email the problem. 1 may say that they could claim back those lines of theirs while having no right to do this is like a waste understandable. Have you told victor or bottom that he can have part of your grade . Because then you go, you never he, ive never told them not a single time when i seem designated she wasnt able to go to the site. We have not even had been a conversation on that, but i actually know for sure that hum, gary ends who lived there and you can just take a few minutes. And so i just wanted to get back to their historical land. Its nice to i think the course. Moreover, i would like to share a very interesting story with you just to get the much. I digress. Its a personal one is a, somewhere in the early eighties. I went on the road trip in a car from then lending right across the soviet union to kids. We who made the stop and key of and then went to western ukraine and i went to the town of bid a good boy. He, in all the names of the towns and villages, there were in russian and in the language i did not understand in hon, gary and in russian and in hon. Gary and was nothing ukrainian in russian. And in hon gear in story,