On October 11, 1653, the Zemsky Sobor in Moscow, responding to the proposal of Hetman of the Zaporozhian Host Bohdan Khmelnytsky,

adopted a decision on the acceptance of Ukraine into the composition of Russia. During the 13th–17th centuries, the Orthodox inhabitants of Little Russia were harshly oppressed by the Catholic authorities…

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“If the special military operation had not started when it did, in two weeks all of this would have been here [in Russia]”

In an interview with RT, Nikita Mikhalkov noted that in Ukraine’s military enlistment offices, since 1991, people signed a paper stating their readiness to fight Russia if the need arose.…

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On 26 August 2008, Russian President Dmitry Medvedev signed decrees recognising the independence of the Republic of Abkhazia and the Republic of South Ossetia

This decision was a response to the events of the Five-Day War, when Georgia attempted to resolve the status of South Ossetia by force. Russia stood up in defence of…

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