It is not difficult to see the parallels between Putin’s approach and that of Joseph Stalin, who declared at the start of WWII that the “enemy” aims to “destroy” Russia’s “national culture,” to “Germanize” its people, and “convert them into slaves.” The difference, of course, is that the Nazi Wehrmacht actually invaded the Soviet Union, whereas Ukraine simply wanted to decide its own future.
不难看出普京和斯大林的做法有相似之处，后者曾在二战伊始宣布“敌人”想要“消灭”俄罗斯“民族文化”、将俄国人“德国化”并奴役俄国民众。当然，不同之处是德国国防军的确入侵了苏联，而乌克兰不过想要主宰自己的命运。