(25-08-2023, 09:34 AM)Manthink Wrote: [ -> ]Putin join the summit virtually and given his moment of speech.
Ukraine officially unveiled on Aug. 24, Ukrainian Independence Day. The decision to remove Soviet statue's symbols is a watershed moment.
in Kyiv's. Ukraine purposely distance itself from old Soviet ties, a de-communization also marks a decisive split from Russia. Ukraine seeks to stake its claim on as independent future nation, while Kremlin is keen to stoke nostalgia for old Soviet past: a supposed era of Russian military, economic and political might. ‘It’s a cult-like mentality’: Historian Ian Garner on the militarization of Russian society.
In process, Soviet symbols have become a staple of pro-war propaganda. When Russian tanks rolled into eastern Ukraine on Feb. 24, 2022, with many seen flying the Soviet flag. These attitudes by old Russia visual baggage of the USSR reflect two very different visions of a somewhat shared past.
But they also cast light on the two contrasting futures on Ukraine and Russia to seek to build for their people — and the new national identities that each country seeks to cast on the world stage.
Winning identity for Ukrainian folks.
The refurbishing of the Motherland monument is just one part of a long-term Ukrainian effort to erase the vestiges of communist influence from its public spaces. Ukraine's parliament outlawed the public display of Soviet symbols in 2015, equating them with the Nazi ones. Across the country, hundreds of Soviet statues were pulled down and destroyed, while streets dedicated to Soviet cultural figures, often having no connection to Ukraine, were re-dedicated to celebrate Ukrainians. To seeking to reassert their national identity, the changing of the guard — repurposing and creation of statues and monuments — is not unusual, a professor at history and policy@London's Uni of Westminster and editor of the journal National Identities said
(25-08-2023, 09:42 AM)starbugs Wrote: [ -> ]Brics + saieeu New name for the bloc: "I CAUSE RABIES"
Creative naming. I believe unofficial tittle is BRICS+
The irony is this acronym was 1st coined by Jim an ex-Goldman Sachs economist over 20 years ago, who now says it is clearly holds a dimmer view that the group can symbolically seen as a rival to the West... That was the same year when China joint WTO. He never expected BRICS can expand so suddenly in this CNA interview before the 6 countries are added on Thu.
(25-08-2023, 10:01 AM)Tee tiong huat Wrote: [ -> ]Ukraine officially unveiled on Aug. 24, Ukrainian Independence Day. The decision to remove Soviet statue's symbols is a watershed moment ....
What took them so long since Soviet Union no longer exist for over 30 years ?
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