Novorossia
After Crimea...
World News • March 2014 • Views: 7,882
MOSCOW, March 17 (Reuters) - As Russian forces took control of Crimea in the last few weeks, Russian media started referring to a broad belt of land in southern Ukraine as Novorossiya, or New Russia.
The revival of the Tsarist-era name plays well with Russian voters and harks back to a remark in 2008 when President Vladimir Putin told NATO leaders the area contained “only Russians”. Six years on, Ukrainians are worried that comment is starting to look prophetic.