Russia and Ukraine Battling for Historical Truth

Amidst the negotiation of an attempted settlement to the East Ukraine armed conflict, a new stage of information and ideological confrontation appears to be unfolding between Russia and Ukraine, this time about their past. In fact, the fabric of the history of the Kievan Rus looks very much like a blanket, with ... ... Vladimir Putin mentioned Grand Prince Vladimir of Kiev in the Crimean context, which was perceived by many that the affiliation ... ... been provided by Peter Berger and Thomas Luckman, who defined legitimization as a process of forming the knowledge of the social ...