This is why the Russian public are generally unsympathetic to the idea of Ukrainian independence. They can't imagine that Ukrainians are anything other than lower than Russians. This is why Putin cannot have an independent Ukraine, because it will inevitably become more successful than Russia and when Russians see that they'll realise they've been fed lies.
ivandelapena t1_j5f123s wrote
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This is why the Russian public are generally unsympathetic to the idea of Ukrainian independence. They can't imagine that Ukrainians are anything other than lower than Russians. This is why Putin cannot have an independent Ukraine, because it will inevitably become more successful than Russia and when Russians see that they'll realise they've been fed lies.