New Russia is dead (Новороссия мертв)

Full remarks by Dr. Taras Kuzio, Senior Research Associate, Canadian Institute for Ukrainian Studies, University of Alberta, on New Russia (Новороссия), University of Toronto, Canada, 19 June 2015. - Unrealistic understanding of Ukraine continues to dominate Russian leadership - 0:48 Putin still thinks Russians and Ukrainians are one people and therefore should be in the same sphere of influence. pre-Tsarist views of Ukrainians as "little Russians" - 1:13 Leonid Kuchma, Viktor Yanukovych, Viktor Yushschenko, Kravchuk, Poroshenko, Boris Yeltsin - 1:48 Yanukovych, Holodmor, Black Sea Fleet - 2:06 Russia has deeper problems with the concept of an independent Ukraine, as opposed to an autonomous republic. Wants to buy off Ukraine like Kadyrov and Chechnya was bought off - 3:40 George Bush - 4:02 Failure of New Russia project, east and south regions are not one entity - 6:10 Odesa trade union building fire - 6:50 Language question, ie. Russian language vs Ukrainian language in south and east Ukraine is not an issue - 7:30 Russian language does not equal Russkyi does not equal eastern slav does not equal pro Putin - 7:50 Pushkin, Dostoyevsky - 8:13 Russian hybrid war in Ukraine - 8:47 Communist dominated Donbas - 9:00 Casualties - 9:34 Ukraine war is not a frozen conflict, Moldova, Transdnister, Georgia, South Ossetia, Abkhazia, Azerbaijan, Nagorno-Karabakh. Putin would prefer an unresolved conflict This video was not sponsored Taping location courtesy of St. Vladimir Institute http://www.stvladimir.ca http://www.taraskuzio.net