They had maps in 988?Just curious, why do you love Putin so much? It's a little creepy.
I like him because he's making Russia great again. I watch him since 2000: all his interviews, new conferences, speeches, etc. The guy doesn't lie: if he says something, he does it. I'm very happy for Russia, unfortunately I'm from Ukraine. But almost half of Ukraine is historical Russia since 988 (before USA even appeared on the map) and Eastern Ukraine has Russian as first language (Ukraine annexed us when exited from the USSR and West has been pretty silent about that!). Millions people in Ukraine would vote Putin for President if they could.
The problem of West is that Western Media doesn't deliver the truth about Russia and Putin but delivers a lot of lies instead.