Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation to Germany Sergey NechaevBERLIN, Feb. 1 Russian Ambassador to In Germany, Sergei Nechaev called the Ukrainian people fraternal Russian, noting that they are «practically the same people.» Nechaev emphasized in an interview with the German television channel n-tv that Russia «has never threatened the Ukrainian people.» «For us, the Ukrainian people are a fraternal people, practically the same people,» the Russian ambassador said. «But this is a fact, and I do not see any threat here,» Nechaev said in response. Russian President Vladimir Putin has previously noted that he considers the Russian and Ukrainian peoples to be a single entity. In July last year, the article of the Russian President «On the historical unity of Russians and Ukrainians» was published, which was published in Russian and Ukrainian. In it, the President of the Russian Federation called the wall that had arisen between the countries a great common misfortune and tragedy.
