Pair of phrases: Vladislav Surkov vs Lev Kopelev

And if you do not want to become my brother ...

“There is no Ukraine. There is Ukraine. That is, a specific disorder of minds ... such a bloody local history. Perman instead of the state. Borsch, Bandera, Bandur is. But there is no nation ... Relations with Ukraine were never simple, even when Ukraine was part of Russia. Ukraine for the imperial and Soviet bureaucracy has always been troublesome. Either the chieftain will fail, then the Westerners will move to Hitler. The force of force to fraternal relations is the only method that has historically proven effectiveness in the Ukrainian direction. I don’t think that some other will be invented. ”

Vladislav Surkov, former assistant to the President of Russia

“And the fanatical adherents of the most noble ideals, Sulia eternal happiness to the descendants, ruthlessly destroy contemporaries, granting heavenly bliss to dead, exterminate, exhort the living, become inexorable executioners and unscrupulous liars. And at the same time, they consider themselves virtuous and honest ascetics and are convinced that they are villain in the name of the future good and lie for the sake of eternal truths. Und Willst du Nicht Mein Bruder Sein, // SO Schlag Ich Dir den Schädel Ein ("And if you do not want to become my brother, // We will make a head for you") - it is sung in the Landsknech vegetables. "

Lev Kopelev. " Store forever "