nam 22 uu 4500 10.17176/20210805-015917-0 DE-Verfassungsblog cr||||| 210804s2021||||xx#|||||o|||| ||| 0|eng|| 10.17176/20210805-015917-0 doi eng 342 23 Cherviatsova, Alina Author aut Smothered by Russia’s Brotherly Embrace Historical Unity of Russians and Ukrainians and Russia’s Geopolitical Claims Cherviatsova, Alina Verfassungsblog 2021-08-04 Text txt rdacontent Computermedien c rdamedia Online-Ressource cr rdacarrier On 12 July 2021, Putin’s article ‘On historical unity of Russians and Ukrainians’ was published on the official website of the Kremlin, followed by a video to explain the article’s main ideas. Russia’s president repeatedly refers to the past, making use of historical narratives to frame and legitimize Russia’s security policy and geopolitics. funded by the government CC BY-SA 4.0 Crimea geopolitics Memory Laws Vladimir Putin Max Steinbeis Verfassungsblog gGmbH Verfassungsblog 2366-7044 https://staging.verfassungsblog.de/smothered-by-russias-brotherly-embrace/ raw object