Why Russia never accepted Ukraine's independence | Ukraine This Week
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Why has Russia never accepted Ukraine’s independence?
In this episode of Ukraine This Week, Anna Belokur examines 35 years of Ukrainian independence and the centuries of Russian attempts to control, suppress, and ultimately deny Ukraine’s sovereignty.
From the collapse of the Soviet Union and Ukraine’s 1991 independence referendum to the Orange Revolution, EuroMaidan Revolution, and Russia’s full-scale invasion, the episode explores how Ukrainian resistance has rejected Moscow’s vision of a shared Russian-Ukrainian identity.
Featuring historian Serhii Plokhy and Oleksandr Donii, a participant of Ukraine’s 1991 independence movement, Anna examines why Russia continues to reject Ukraine’s right to exist as a sovereign state — and why Ukrainians continue to fight for it.
00:00 Intro
00:56 Ukraine declares independence
04:03 A witness to 1991
07:35 Russia challenges Ukraine's sovereignty
09:34 Support independent journalism in Ukraine
09:48 Centuries of Russian oppression
13:59 Ukraine in Russian imperial mythology
17:58 1991 to now
22:05 Member Q&A
23:39 Outro
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