OLD AND NEW RUSSIA. REREADING THE HISTORICAL LEGACY IN LIGHT OF THE WAR IN UKRAINE
Journal: Филолог – часопис за језик књижевност и културу
Year: 2025

The full-scale invasion of Ukraine by the Russian Federation on February 24th, 2022, brought relations between Russia and the West to an unprecedented breaking point. In the days immediately preceding the invasion, Russian President Vladimir Putin delivered two speeches in which he presented a historical reconstruction of Ukrainian-Russian relations that served to legitimize the war effort. Putin's entire argumentation is centered on the denial of Ukraine as an independent state entity distinct