‼️‼️🇷🇺 It must be clearly understood: the core problem is not Putin himself, but Russia’s deeply rooted chauvinistic and imperialist code — a mindset no Russian leader has ever truly renounced. A striking example of this is the late prominent Russian imperialist and opposition figure Alexei Navalny — and now, his widow, Yulia Navalnaya. Last week, during her appearance at the SuomiAreena forum in Finland, she made a controversial statement regarding Crimea, echoing her husband’s stance. When asked whether a "new Russia" — the hypothetical post-Putin Russia — would return Crimea to Ukraine, Navalnaya responded: "De jure, Crimea belongs to Ukraine; de facto, it belongs to Russia. This will be a very difficult issue to resolve, because don't forget that millions of people now hold Russian passports. Even Ukraine and Ukrainian officials acknowledge that it’s a complicated matter." She did not clarify which Ukrainian officials she was referring to. 🔴 It’s worth recalling that passport issuance is a long-standing Kremlin tactic — a political weapon used to fabricate legitimacy for territorial claims. Russia has repeatedly employed this strategy in Crimea, Donbas, Abkhazia, South Ossetia, and Transnistria. The goal is always the same: to manufacture a pretext for occupation or intervention under the guise of “protecting Russian citizens.” Passports do not — and cannot — change borders.