{"id":123422,"date":"2020-08-04T14:13:47","date_gmt":"2020-08-04T11:13:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/uacrisis.org\/?p=123422"},"modified":"2020-08-04T14:15:20","modified_gmt":"2020-08-04T11:15:20","slug":"kremlinnarratives-volodymyr-bystriakov-on-ethnic-groups","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/uacrisis.org\/en\/kremlinnarratives-volodymyr-bystriakov-on-ethnic-groups","title":{"rendered":"#KremlinNarratives: Volodymyr Bystriakov on Ethnic Groups"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image shadow-1\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/uacrisis.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/2020-08-04-bystryakov-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1920\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;charset=utf-8,%3Csvg xmlns%3D'http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg' viewBox%3D'0 0 2560 1920'%2F%3E\" data-src=\"https:\/\/uacrisis.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/2020-08-04-bystryakov-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"lazyload wp-image-123423\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/uacrisis.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/2020-08-04-bystryakov-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/uacrisis.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/2020-08-04-bystryakov-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/uacrisis.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/2020-08-04-bystryakov-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/uacrisis.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/2020-08-04-bystryakov-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/uacrisis.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/2020-08-04-bystryakov-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/uacrisis.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/2020-08-04-bystryakov-2048x1536.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/uacrisis.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/2020-08-04-bystryakov-192x144.jpg 192w, https:\/\/uacrisis.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/2020-08-04-bystryakov-384x288.jpg 384w, https:\/\/uacrisis.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/2020-08-04-bystryakov-90x67.jpg 90w, https:\/\/uacrisis.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/2020-08-04-bystryakov-180x135.jpg 180w, https:\/\/uacrisis.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/2020-08-04-bystryakov-561x421.jpg 561w, https:\/\/uacrisis.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/2020-08-04-bystryakov-1122x842.jpg 1122w, https:\/\/uacrisis.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/2020-08-04-bystryakov-364x273.jpg 364w, https:\/\/uacrisis.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/2020-08-04-bystryakov-728x546.jpg 728w, https:\/\/uacrisis.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/2020-08-04-bystryakov-608x456.jpg 608w, https:\/\/uacrisis.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/2020-08-04-bystryakov-758x569.jpg 758w, https:\/\/uacrisis.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/2020-08-04-bystryakov-1152x864.jpg 1152w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/><\/a><figcaption>Tap to see more<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Meet Volodymyr Bystriakov, yet another promoter of <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"#KremlinNarratives (\u0432\u0456\u0434\u043a\u0440\u0438\u0432\u0430\u0454\u0442\u044c\u0441\u044f \u0443 \u043d\u043e\u0432\u0456\u0439 \u0432\u043a\u043b\u0430\u0434\u0446\u0456)\" href=\"https:\/\/uacrisis.org\/en\/?s=KremlinNarratives\" target=\"_blank\">#KremlinNarratives<\/a> on Medvedchuk-affiliated channels, who has also previously claimed that  that Russia did not occupy Crimea. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This quote, which starkly misuses the American example, promotes an idea of Ukrainian \u201cfederalization\u201d, which is very appealing to Kremlin that wants to have direct influence on Kyiv through its proxies in Donbas region. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Not only is Ukraine a homogeneous unitary state that does not need a federation status, such move will also create a platform for manipulations on Ukrainian central government under the threat of secessionism, fueled from 3Russia. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This is why pro-Kremlin forces in Ukraine, like Renat Kuzmin \u2013 MP from Medvedchuk\u2019s party \u2013 create so-called forums, where select individuals are invited to voice such ideas. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The forum is called \u201cUkrainian national idea\u201d, but a more honest name for it would be \u201cUkrainian national idea \u2013 Russian edition\u201d.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Meet Volodymyr Bystriakov, yet another promoter of #KremlinNarratives on Medvedchuk-affiliated channels, who has also previously claimed that that Russia did not occupy Crimea. 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