Saturday, May 23, 2009

Russia And Ukraine Battle Over Their Shared History

Russia's President Vladimir Putin (R) and his Ukraine counterpart Viktor Yushchenko during happier times (Kiev Ukraine News Blog)

From Time Magazine:

Fresh from their conflict over gas in January, Ukraine and Russia are again in the midst of a heated battle — this time, about the countries' shared Soviet past. As Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko this week lamented that Ukraine had become "a hostage in the fight between two totalitarian regimes — fascist and communist" and called for Soviet-era symbols around the country to be torn down, his Russian counterpart Dmitri Medvedev ordered the creation of a presidential commission "to counter attempts to harm Russian interests by falsifying history."

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My Comment: My father was a Russian/Ukrainian who fought with the Soviet Army in the Second World War. I am glad that he is not alive today to see what he fought for unraveling with today's group of political leaders.

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