In the article, Kokotyukha comments on the results of a survey of residents of the country, conducted by the Kiev International Institute of Sociology, which indicate that Ukrainians have become better towards Russia.
The author notes that this trend can be explained by Russian cultural influence.
“According to the KIIS, 33% of our fellow citizens are well-disposed towards the Russian Federation ... A strange love for the aggressor is based on the memory of Pushkin's fairy tales, on which we grew up. On Tolstoy, Dostoevsky and Chekhov, ”says Kokotyukha.
In this regard, the author also notes the influence of Russian cinema.
Earlier, Ukrainian children's writer Larisa Nitsoy arranged a scandal on the TV channel NewsOne due to the fact that the presenter did not want to communicate with her in the Ukrainian language.