Putin likes to talk about Russians and Ukrainians as ‘one people.’ Here’s the deeper history.
For centuries, Moscow has worried that foreign powers are scheming to separate Ukraine from Russia.
Russia has a long history of eliminating ‘enemies of the state’
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Why did Putin build a monument to victims of Soviet repression?
[caption id="attachment_66589" align="aligncenter" width="960"] Russian President Vladimir Putin stands with
You can't understand how Russians think by reading Russian literature
James Stavridis, the distinguished retired four-star U.S. admiral and dean
You can’t understand how Russians think by reading Russian literature
[caption id="attachment_26131" align="aligncenter" width="2610"] Does Gogol or Pussy Riot tell
My Summer Reading
Henry's "Holiday Reading" entry, just below, emboldens me to mention