A report published by the Russian newspaper "Vezglyad" stated that the President of Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelensky, instructed Prime Minister Denis Shmyhal to consider adopting the name "Muscovy", which means "Tsarist Russia", when referring to Russia.
The report indicated that Ukrainian deputies and officials had previously submitted similar proposals on many occasions, but they were ignored by Zelensky on the pretext that this issue requires careful study historically and culturally, and taking into account the potential international legal consequences of that.
The Vizglyad report quoted a number of historians as saying that the name "Czarist Russia" had not been used since the end of the 15th century, and was replaced by the name "Russian State" until the middle of the 16th century.
The report added that deputies of the Lviv Provincial Council and the Ukrainian Parliament, two years ago, addressed President Zelensky with this request, explaining that the maps in the 15th, 16th, and 18th centuries speak of "Muscovy" and not of Russia.
Similar statements were also made by Permanent Representative of Ukraine to the United Nations Sergei Kislitsa, MPs Nikita Butoraev and Nikolai Knyazetsky - as well as deputies of the Rivne District Council.
Search for victory
Historian Volodymyr Skachko revealed to Vazglyad that Ukraine, as it does not achieve any victories on the battlefields, in the economic field, or on the political level, is looking for any victory in any field.
Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova wrote on her Telegram account that the current instructions given by Zelensky are further evidence of an attempt to turn Ukraine into an "anti-Russian" state.
Vezglyad quoted an expert at the Russian Military Historical Society, Alexander Makushin, as saying that the President of Ukraine acts according to the logic of public relations and tries to influence societal attitudes.
He added that the initiative to adopt the name "Muscovy" instead of Russia lacks historical or political controls, and is dictated only by Zelensky's need to achieve any victory in public relations, especially in light of the complexity of the situation in the city of Bakhmut and the possibility of losing control over it, which will deal a blow to the Kiev regime. whose propaganda is based on deceiving its population with claims of bogus victories, as McCutcheon puts it.