Russian propaganda map on the future of Ukraine
Published by Dmitry Medvedev (deputy Chairman of the Security Council of Russia) on March 4, 2024.
by hunmapper
Medvedev defined all territories on the left bank of the Dnipro River, and many on the right bank, as supposedly “integral” to Russia and within its “strategic historical borders.” Russian forces currently occupy only a part of the eastern (left) bank of Ukraine but do not occupy any territory on the right bank of Ukraine. He presented his lecture against the backdrop of a self-created fantasy map of eastern Europe, depicting parts of western Ukraine under Hungarian, Polish, and Romanian control. The map shows Ukraine existing as a rump state only within the borders of Kyiv Oblast and the rest of modern-day Ukraine as part of Russia — well beyond the areas that Russian forces currently occupy, encompassing Crimea and the four partially occupied oblasts Medvedev claimed that the influence of sovereign great powers, like Russia, extends beyond their geographic borders, reiterating an earlier statement by the Russian dictator Vladimir Putin that “Russia’s borders do not end anywhere” Additionally, he alleged that a state’s “strategic borders,” distinct from its geographical borders, depend on “how strong and sovereign” the state and its authorities are. The more “powerful” a state is, the “further its strategic frontiers extend beyond its state borders” and the larger the state’s sphere of “economic, political, and socio-cultural influence”