May 31, 2022
I want your historian�*s eye on one other aspect of this, and it gets to the centrality of the second world war. mm—hm. in the thinking of russians and, indeed, ukrainians. yes. because it was the most disastrous, costly, life—defining event for russians and ukrainians. and what its led to, it seems to me, is now a preoccupation on both sides with naming the other as the enemy in terms of fascism, nazism, provoking memories, reviving the feelings of the second world war. in your view, is t...