For years, Putin has argued that Ukrainian nationhood is a Polish invention aimed at destroying a Russia of which Ukraine is an integral part. Strange as it sounds, he follows in a long Russian imperial tradition. My latest @engelsbergideas.bsky.socialengelsbergideas.com/essays/why-p...

Why Putin is haunted by the spectre of Polish power

Just as the Russian Empire claimed to be fighting Polish influence, Vladimir Putin has cast his soldiers as the liberators of Ukraine from domination by Poland. It is a distorted historical vision wit...

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