@benroyce @eva_chaos @humanhorseshoes @mattdm @n_dimension @Gorfram @Mikal
Their whole national mythos is built around that pseudohistorical continuity, the exclusive heritage of ancient Kyiv, it's inherently imperialistic from the start. And unless they reevaluate who they are and what russia is - reinvent their whole national identity from scratch - they will be trapped into this cycle of failed conquests till the end.