French-Russian exhibition in Moscow displays Anna of Kyiv’s Gospel as a Russian historical artifact
Grand exhibition and covert propaganda The exhibition, entitled France and Russia: ten centuries together, opened on September 17…
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“Moscow’s appropriation of Ukrainian history not limited to Queen Anna Yaroslavna” and other neglected Russian stories
The flood of news stories from a country as large, diverse and strange as the Russian Federation often…
Putin’s ‘appropriation’ of medieval Ukrainian princess reflects more than historical arrogance
In Paris, Vladimir Putin said that “the enlightened French public knows about the Russian Anna, queen of France,…
Symbolic expansion: how Putin annexes history, not only territories
On May 29th, in Versailles, during a joint press conference with French president Emmanuel Macron, Russian leader Vladimir…