The aggression of Russia against Ukraine facilitated the process of self-identification of Ukrainians and the formation of a political nation.

This is on air "The Observer. LIVE "said the Russian politician, public figure and political emigrant Olga Kurnosova.

"Ukraine did not immediately begin to fight for its sovereignty. When did the Ukrainian political nation begin to be created? Not ethnic, but political. It began to forge first in one Maidan, then in the second. And finally it was created by Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin, when he launched Russia's aggression against Ukraine, "Kurnosova said..

In her words, in Russia this is much worse.

"In this sense, the Russians did not pass it. And this is a big problem of modern Russia, that the Russian political nation has not yet emerged. It can or will not be created - this is a big question. Now all the discussions and clashes go around this. And Putin is also trying to replace it with Great Russian chauvinism, by and large, "the politician stressed..

She also agreed that a significant part of Russians continue to live with the notion that Ukrainians are not a separate people.

"Unfortunately, there really is a large group of people who believe that Ukrainians are not a different people, but it seems to me that the same people do not understand well, and who they are?" This problem is, by and large, common and concerns almost the same The degree of both Russians and Ukrainians.

Why all this was happening? Actually, exactly because the Soviet empire tried to form a single community - the Soviet people. And in this sense, it struggled with the national identity of all. Moreover, with the national identity of the Russians, it struggled even more, "concluded Kurnosova.

As reported by the "Observer", earlier Kurnosova said that Ukraine should actively support the sympathizing Russians of Kiev.

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