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Why does Putin fear history?
“Historians are dangerous people, capable of turning everything topsy-turvy. They have to be watched”-Nikita Khrushchev On 28 December 2021, the historical, commemorative organisation Memorial was dissolved by the Russian supreme court. The act conformed to Putin’s traditional attack on his political enemy; they were labelled as Russophobic, part of a Western conspiracy against the patrimony and ‘historical unity’ of Russia. Two months later, on 24 February 2022, Putin comm
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