Possible Challenges National Reconciliation Will

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Possible Challenges National Reconciliation Will Face How to Win a Lasting Peace? 13th International Sakharov Conference 18-19 May, 2023 Volodymyr Paniotto, KIIS president Sources of conflict - 1 On the one hand, we are currently experiencing an incredible increase in unity and integration of society, with significant reductions in regional and linguistic-ethnic differences. However, old social issues continue to persist, and due to the war, a new basis for social differentiation emerges - the status of wartime: where person was and what he or she was engaged in during the war. 2 Sources of conflict - 2 Attitude towards Russian culture (classics, monuments, streets) Russian opposition to Putin ("good Russians") Ukrainians - ethnic Russians Russian language in Ukraine Status of "where you was and what you did during the war": Served in the military Did not change your place of residence (primary category) Moved to another location within Ukraine (internally displaced persons) Left Ukraine as refugees Resided in the occupied territory 6. Migrants from less developed countries. I will only talk about 3 sources (marked in green) 3 Ukrainian citizens who are of Russian nationality. 4 According to the 2001 census, 17% of Russians lived in Ukraine, according to polls in 2021 - 7%, 2023 – only 2-3%. 37% of the population of Ukraine would not like our citizens, Russians by nationality, to live in Ukraine. Refugees 5 About 90% (more precisely, 88%) are tolerant towards those who have left, but 13% (8%+5%) do not want them to return The attitude to refugees 6 Ukrainians who are in the occupied territory after February 24, 2022 (Occupied-1) 7 90% of respondents are tolerant towards those who are now in the occupied territory, but 13% do not want their return Occupied - 2 8 A couple of statements regarding the attitude towards those who currently live in the territories occupied after February 24. Which of these statements is closer to your point of view? Occupied - 3 9 Should there be criminal liability in such cases... Abstractly, the attitude towards those who are occupied is tolerant, but specific cases are strongly condemned. It is not clear to people what kind of behavior in the occupied territory is acceptable. Representatives of Ukraine give conflicting signals. Verkhovna Rada Commissioner for Human Rights Dmitry Lubinets says that Ukrainians should take a Russian passport in order to save their own lives, and the Minister for Reintegration