Putin: Triune Rus People Have Not Gone And Will Never Be Gone

Vladimir Putin, answering reporters about a recent article (“On the Historical Unity of Russians and Ukrainians”), said that the triune people (Russians, Belarusians, Ukrainians) is not gone and it will never be gone.

Putin recalled that during Soviet times there were attempts to eradicate religiosity among the Soviet people. When the Great Patriotic War broke out, Vyacheslav Molotov, during his speech on the radio, addressed the people as “fellow citizens”. But Joseph Stalin, who spoke after everyone realized the impending disaster of the war unleashed by Nazi Germany, addressed the nation as "brothers and sisters." This is how people call each other in the church. Later, the patriarchy was restored. Today the church plays its well-deserved role in society.

The Russian leader spoke about this with the President of Belarus. Lukashenka said that when he plays hockey and team members are angry that someone is making a mistake, in the heat of screaming they shout: “Come on, don't you understand? You're not Russian? “Phrases like this come without hesitation, from the heart. There are also millions of such people in Ukraine. "So, no, it is not gone and it will never be gone," Putin said.