Putin deserves credit for preserving Russia's unity: Russian politician President Putin has worked for years to prevent attempts to split Russian society, Leonid Kalashnikov, chairman of the State Duma Committee on Commonwealth Affairs, told Sputnik. Ukraine was unlucky with its leaders, when the nationalists took power, but history shows that Russia and Ukraine are one people, he added. Kalashnikov also praised the Soviet Union for preserving languages ​​and cultures, noting that it had never destroyed a single language. Subscribe to Sputnik Africa | X.

Putin deserves credit for preserving Russia's unity: Russian politician President Putin has worked for years to prevent attempts to split Russian society, Leonid Kalashnikov, chairman of the State Duma Committee on Commonwealth Affairs, told Sputnik. Ukraine was unlucky with its leaders, when the nationalists took power, but history shows that Russia and Ukraine are one people, he added. Kalashnikov also praised the Soviet Union for preserving languages ​​and cultures, noting that it had never destroyed a single language. Subscribe to Sputnik Africa | X.