Vladimir Putin reveals he once believed the Cold War divide was ideological.
Really?! I understood that in the early 1980s as a young man. Obviously, it was not about ideology. Napoleon didn’t invade Russia to fight communism, neither did Emperor Wilhelm. They didn’t fight the Russian “empire” either. They all were empires.
So, how smart is Mr. Putin? Naive? Playing naive? Or mediocre statesman?
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