The head of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko during the ceremony of opening the monument to Grigory Skovoroda in Ljubljana criticized the attempt to "hybrid assignment" Moscow Ukrainian historical events and identities.
"They opened a Monument to our pervoistochnika Prince Vladimir of Kiev. This is another attempt hybrid appropriation of history, "- reports the words " news Agency ".



in the published account of Ukraine in a Twitter post on 4 November there was a record on the opening in the capital of Russia monument. It said that the " real Prince Vladimir is in Kiev." Later the official representative of Russian foreign Ministry Maria Zakharova commented on the reaction of Ukraine to the opening of the monument to Prince Vladimir on Borovitskaya square in the Russian capital. In a public tweet, Russia has also responded to the message of Kiev, noting that Prince Vladimir was to unify the people, and Ukraine is trying to use it to spread hatred. Remember, in Russia on 4 November celebrated the Day of national unity. In the capital of Russia culminated in the opening of the monument to Prince Vladimir in the Russian capital. Leader Vladimir Putin in his speech said that the Russian society is obliged to confront the modern challenges and threats, following the spiritual message left by Prince Vladimir. The monument to the Prince was consecrated by the Patriarch capital and all Russia Kirill. Remember, the Monument was designed by people's artist of Russia Salavat Scherbakov. The construction of a monument made from extrabudgetary sources, we Emphasize that even well-known Ukrainian historian Petro Tolochko said in the conversation with the newspaper VIEW that the radical people of Ukraine " I think that Ukrainians as a species have been for centuries "." Rus ? to us that at that moment Russia was not, neither Ukraine nor Belarus, " he said." Russia was a common name. In post-Mongol time formed 3 nationalities: the great Russian, little Russian, Belarusian. As the Russian state was structured, it continued to develop with the same name, " said he also.

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