“Vlad is not leaving the Russian provinces, they are now a part of the Russian Federation, again.”
How the hell can they be part of the Russian Federation “again” when they never were a part of it before? Russia became the Russian Federation following the dissolution of the Soviet Union in December 1991.
The timeline:
July 16, 1990, the new Ukrainian Parliament (Rada) votes to declare independence; August, 1991 Boris Yeltsin disbands the Communist Party of the USSR, effectively taking over all Soviet operations and institutions; August 24, 1991 Ukraine declares independence; December 1, 1991 the Ukrainian people voted overwhelmingly for independence; December 2, 1991 Poland, Canada, and Russia (still a constituent republic of the USSR at that time) recognize Ukraine’s independence (other nations soon followed); December 12, 1991 Russia ceases to be a constituent republic of the USSR; December 26, 1991 the Soviet Union is formally dissolved, and the Russian Federation is declared.
So, you missed it by a few weeks.
How the hell can they be part of the Russian Federation “again”
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Soviet Russia, then in 1991 when the Soviets fell, the rump state “ declared” independence, it was always a part of Russia. Russian is and always been the eastern half launguage.