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Russian President Vladimir Putin commented on the bill of his Ukrainian counterpart Vladimir Zelensky, according to which Russians were not included in the list of the country’s indigenous peoples. He said on the air of the TV channel “Russia 24” that Ukraine arose as a product of the Soviet period, NEWS.RU reported.
The politician stressed that he treats the document “of course, negatively” and there is no other way to treat it.
It is an obvious fact that the people who came with these territories to the Russian state called themselves Russians. Therefore, to speak of Russians as a non-indigenous people is not just incorrect, it is ridiculous and stupid , ”he said.
Putin is confident that in this way the Ukrainian authorities divide citizens into indigenous and non-indigenous, which is similar to the ideas of Nazi Germany. According to him, the bill does not comply with the norms of international humanitarian law, but there was no reaction from the West. He suggested that other countries would not respond to this.