RICH HISTORY & CULTURE - President Putin suggested this week Ukraine isn't really an authentic independent state, which Marjorie Castle, a professor in the political science department at the University of Utah says is simply untrue.
"There were several falsehoods in what he said. Ukraine is a nation," said Castle.
In what seems like a cruel nod to its history, the name"Ukraine," is an old Slavic word meaning borderland or military border region, according to the CIA Factbook.
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