He went into Ukraine with delusions of imperial expansion, and we know this not because of “propaganda,” but because he said that he intends to restore the empire of Catherine the Great.
Article by Vladimir Putin ”On the Historical Unity of Russians and Ukrainians“
http://en.kremlin.ru/events/president/news/66181
These are his words, not mine, or any “propaganda” outlet.
After undergoing treatment for the Big C, surviving an assassination attempt, and after seeing his imperial expansionist ambitions frustrated in Ukraine, he recently announced that he is not going to be running for reelection.
Can’t find the thread right now, but it was discussed on freep.
“You can’t keep your propaganda straight.”
You don’t know the difference between objectively provable fact and propaganda.
“Imperial expansion”
The old Soviet Union has shrunk to way below its previous size—calling recovery of previously controlled territory “imperial expansion” is ludicrous on its face.