“The accumulated weight of Russia’s lies has to result in something – there has

“The accumulated weight of Russia’s lies has to result in something – there has to be a consequence to it. They can understand the truth. Maybe it’s time for them to understand the truth. But to accept it, Russians need a moral exit. They need a way to feel good about themselves that isn’t a lie. They need to rediscover their own story. They need a new mythology. But they have been lied to for so long: Russians are not ‘Rus’. They are not Kievan. They are Muscovites – Europeans, and the purest europeans – but their culture and institutions are Byzantine, Mongol, Tatar and Islamic. And that is an unappealing and not an inspiring history.” – Roman Skaskiw (Paraphrased)