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A year ago, Russia annexed four regions of eastern Ukraine. An annexation which was celebrated in Moscow (Russia), Friday September 29. Since then, the Kremlin has been trying to “Russify” the population of these regions.
On September 30, 2022, Vladimir Putin announced with great fanfare the attachment of the regions of Luhansk, Donetsk, Zaporizhia And Kherson. Since then, the Kremlin has been carrying out a “Russification” operation in these territories. walk forced. Obligation to have a Russian passport for treatment, forced mixing of populations, Russian patriotic education, all means are good to erase the Ukrainian roots of the inhabitants.
Partial control in fact
“When you emptied a town of all its inhabitants who were Ukrainian, in one way or another, (…) It’s a bit easy to say that these are Russified territories”estimated Yuri Keyboardindependent geopolitical analyst. An annexation that the Kremlin wanted to legitimize through elections as in Donetsk at the beginning of the month. But in reality, Russia only very partially controls these regions.