[darebak]

It very clearly is an insult against people because of their nationality but I discovered these days that online communities are a lot more accepting of such statements.

>I mean, except Putin talking about how Ukraine is fake nation that should be part of Russia.

Source?

[dragonwriter]

> Source?

first full English transcript I could find: (the English language Kremlin site where it was hosted is nonresponsive, and most major media is just carrying excerpts.)

https://www.riotimesonline.com/brazil-news/modern-day-censor...

[darebak]

I can't open it.

[roca]

Interesting. I can open it fine. Here's some relevant text:

> So, I will start with the fact that modern Ukraine was entirely created by Russia or, to be more precise, by Bolshevik, Communist Russia. This process started practically right after the 1917 revolution, and Lenin and his associates did it in a way that was extremely harsh on Russia – by separating, severing what is historically Russian land.

Read the whole thing. If you're going to defend Russian policy online you should have a clear idea what you're defending.