Putin claimed to have been protecting Russian-speakers in Ukraine from "genocide." Instead, they flock to Ukrainian-language classes and embrace multi-ethnic Ukrainian identity
This is particularly interesting in light of growing requirements in some Baltic countries for long-term residents of Russian origin to learn the language (while Lithuania waived the requirement for arrivals from Ukraine).
Russian expansionist logic has repeatedly used the slim argument of “protecting Russians abroad” as part of justification for intervention, so I wonder how many more neighboring countries will move away from the multilingual national community idea, at least as far as Russian is concerned
This is particularly interesting in light of growing requirements in some Baltic countries for long-term residents of Russian origin to learn the language (while Lithuania waived the requirement for arrivals from Ukraine).
Russian expansionist logic has repeatedly used the slim argument of “protecting Russians abroad” as part of justification for intervention, so I wonder how many more neighboring countries will move away from the multilingual national community idea, at least as far as Russian is concerned