More Blowback from the North Caucasus: Russian Police Returning From There Brutalize Their Compatriots

Saturday, May 13, 2017

More Blowback from the North Caucasus: Russian Police Returning From There Brutalize Their Compatriots

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Kuban Might Pursue Independence But Won’t Become Part of Ukraine, Russians Say

Sunday, May 14, 2017

Kuban Might Pursue Independence But Won’t Become Part of Ukraine, Russians Say

Paul Goble

Staunton, March 14 – Reacting to recent statements by Kyiv officials about portions of Russia being historically Ukrainian, Russian commentators say that under certain conditions, the Kuban, one of these regions, might become an independent country but they and Russian officials says it will never be part of Ukraine.

Veniamin Kondratyev, the governor of Krasnodar Kray which is often referred to as the Kuban, says that “Kuban never was and never will be Ukrainian.”  Ukrainian officials like Infrastructure Minister Vladimir Omelyan now and Donetsk Administrator Pavel Zhebrinsky last July who say otherwise simply don’t know their history (svpressa.ru/politic/article/172163/). Read more

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