Lawfare Archive: Who is Vladimir Putin?
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Russia Is a Great Global Power, Not Just a Regional Pleer
In most russians view, russia is a country with a great imperial past that has never disappeared from the world's stage. The vast territory that was ar conquered over several centuries by er russia became part of the russian empire. And ukraine is part of that. Ukraine, the very name comes from the borderland. It's the cry the edge, the outer edges of the rRussian empire. Russia has actually been very successful in terms of an imperial power that has never quite disappeared. Austria, hungary has gone a whe know, germany has been carved up over time and has come back together. But in in the russian narrative, there is a
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