Putin adviser urges Russians to colonize Ukraine, saying population relocation has already begun

A Kremlin adviser has suggested relocating Russian citizens to Ukraine, presenting the proposal as a response to what he called Ukraine’s severe demographic crisis.

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point of no return

Anton Kobiakov, an adviser to Russian President Vladimir Putin, made the remarks on Sept. 4 during a briefing held after the Eastern Economic Forum, according to Dialog.UA. He said Ukraine had already passed what he described as a “point of no return.”

Kobiakov warned that the country faced depopulation and even “disappearance.” He based his argument on the relationship between deaths and births, saying Ukraine currently has one newborn for every four people who die.

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disappearance

To support the proposal, Kobiakov referred to the history of the Russian Empire and population policies in southern territories during the reign of Catherine II. He also cited Prince Grigory Potemkin, a key figure in the empire’s expansion into southern Eastern Europe. “By the way, when these lands were annexed to Russia by Potemkin and Catherine, we already once carried out the relocation of our population to Ukraine,” he said.

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By the way, when these lands were annexed to Russia by Potemkin and Catherine, we already once carried out the relocation of our population to Ukraine.