Russia, being an imperial project, is incomplete without Ukraine in its composition. This explains Moscow's attempts to keep Kiev in its orbit. Having achieved this goal, the Kremlin will want to extend its influence to Poland and other countries that were under the yoke of the Russian Empire.

Such an opinion on the air "The Observer. LIVE "was expressed by the historian and popular blogger Yuri Gudymenko.

"Russia without Ukraine as a global project can not exist. This is a country with imperial thinking, "he said..

According to the historian, Russia lives in the paradigm of "a kingdom centered on Moscow".

As an example, he cited the difference between the peoples of Ukraine and the Russian Federation: "For Ukrainians, it has never been important what happens outside our country - the impact on Iran's geopolitics or trade relations with Japan".

"For Russia this is critically important, because all its citizens know from childhood that Russia was an empire, then there was a USSR with a center in Moscow and the Russians were more important than other" equal "peoples," said Gudymenko.

"For their global project, Ukraine is the main goal. Russia, in principle, can not exist otherwise. Belarus has long been in their orbit of influence, "- said the blogger.

Speaking about the project of Moscow to create a union state on the basis of the Russian Federation and Belarus, he noted: "Legally this is one thing, but in fact another. This is an understandable project ... Ukraine remains. With the history of the triune state, which goes back to the 17th and 18th centuries. Without Ukraine, Russia feels incomplete ... It is at the moment. Neither Crimea, nor Donbass, its appetites do not satisfy. All Ukraine needs it, "he stressed..

"As practice shows, after capturing Ukraine, they are already starting to talk about Poland," added the historian. According to him, the Kremlin wants to build an imperial model in which the countries of Eastern Europe will be under the protectorate of Moscow both during the Russian Empire and the Soviet Union.

As reported by the "Observer", Russia was ridiculed for its fake about its own "civilization".

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