"Roman M. Parparov" wrote in message
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I meant that under Russian patronage the Orthodox population of Ukraine
would have an easier time than under Polish.

That`s right but the Pope has visited Ukraine and not Russia so far. So a
kind of mistrust is seen between Vatican and Russia not Vatican and Ukraine.
I can often hear even accusations on both sides and strange actions like
expelling catholic priests from Russia.



That`s right, Crimea is another unsolved question between Russia and
Ukraine
:-)
Russians treat it like a separate region from Ukraine but nowadays it`s
Ukrainian anyway.

The point is that Crimea was for a long time part of Russian Federation
within USSR. The population of Crimea is largely mixed - Russians,
Ukrainian, Tartar without any major group.

The problem is that many Russians still don`t recognize Crimea as part of
Ukraine :-)


The main problem in relationship between Russians and Ukrainians are
sentiments but in politics there are no sentiments only pragmatism.

And that the Russians try still to treat Ukrainians as "lesser
brother"...

.... and Ukraine is called sometimes by Russians "little Russia" what is a
little bit deceptive.

Regards,
Jerzy