Big questions of the Crimean War: aftermath and legacy
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Putin's Rhetoric in the Russia-Ukraine Conflict
Russia is different to most of Europe because it was occupied for 200 years by the Mongols. They created a regime in which nobody had any personal rights or any property rights, and political power was unaccountable. We're looking at a massive cultural division between Western Europe and the Russian lands. The Russians want room in which they can absorb offensives.
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