Posted on 06/05/2022 7:20:06 AM PDT by lump in the melting pot
Gamlet Zinkivskyi grew up speaking Russian in the city of Kharkiv, just like his parents. But when Vladimir Putin launched the invasion of Ukraine on 24 February, it was the final push for him to switch fully to Ukrainian.
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As a young artist, Zinkivskyi had a longstanding dream: an exhibition in Moscow. Kharkiv is just a few dozen miles from the border with Russia and has long been almost entirely Russian-speaking. Culturally, Moscow felt like the centre of the universe. But when Zinkivskyi finally made it to a gallery there in 2012, he was horrified. “They were obnoxious and patronising about Kharkiv and Ukraine, and frankly I thought: fuck them,” he said. He returned to Kharkiv and became more focused on the Ukrainian art scene.
(Excerpt) Read more at theguardian.com ...
But Vlad is simply defending this man. And taking his wheat. And his natural gas. But beside that, Putin loves hearing these people speak Russian.
Excellent work quoting and promoting the Guardian. Neocons love leftist newspapers and news.
Where's Gomer Pyle when you need his commentary?
For now, they have the option of moving west to friendly territory, if they so choose. However, they may want to ask the Neocons to stop their war in Ukraine, as Russia may feel the need to liberate all of the country.
Do you dispute the content of the story?
How about russophiles move east to russia instead, and Ukraine keeps its territorial sovereignty and integrity? Why is that not an option in your mind?
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This article is a propaganda piece. I do not dispute that this gentleman feels this way. He is just a person with his own opinion.
This is kind of a “so what” article.
Yes......There we have it.
The reason for not moving is that East is Russia. Russia isn’t
“How about russophiles move east to russia instead, and Ukraine keeps its territorial sovereignty and integrity? Why is that not an option in your mind?”
They’ve proven themselves to be a hostile country to Russia due to their demands for nuclear weapons and inclusion into NATO, not to mention the incorporation of the Azovs into their military.
So, not an option.
Doubtful if the anti-globalist elements here think The Guardian has any credibility.
Ah, so it had nothing to do with the invasion at all.
They all despise Putin and support Ukrainian independence.
That map that people post here that divides Ukraine by language is mostly meaningless when it comes to what people think about Ukrainian independence.
This proves that the U.S. should commit at least half of its resources to the cause, and that artists who drop cuss words in interviews with the press should form the vanguard of the hordes swarming into the US from mexico.
Yes, watching a hostile invader murder, rape, kidnap and torture fellow citizens, bomb cities to rubble, steal grain and natural resources, even loot washing machines and tractors would leave no impact on one’s psyche. Well, maybe not yours...
Point him in the direction of Kiev and give him a boot in the posterior.
So you are ok with ethnic cleansing?
“How about russophiles move east to russia instead, and Ukraine keeps its territorial sovereignty and integrity? Why is that not an option in your mind?”
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Ah ha… visions of ethnic cleansing are dancing in your head. Hillary will love you, baby.
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