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Putin’s Anti-Bolshevik Fantasies Could Be His Downfall
Before launching his invasion of Ukraine, Vladimir Putin claimed that the country he is now attacking is a Bolshevik creation. His mythical vision of history draws on the darkest tsarist imperialism.