In Eastern Europe, those metaphors sound like "the final solution to the Jewish problem" sounds to western audiences.

I mean, just look at it:

>> Russia is restoring its unity - the tragedy of 1991, this terrible catastrophe of our history, its unnatural dislocation, have been overcome.

Adjusted for the sensitivities of western audiences:

>> Germany is restoring its unity - the tragedy of 1918, this terrible catastrophe of our history, its unnatural dislocation, have been overcome.

The subtext is abundantly clear.