" Saddam Putsein the Great Loser" is rapidly sending Muscovy back to 14c borders . I voted for the Romanov Empire.
"putin empire: Back to the Bolshevik empire or Back to the Romanov Empire?"
Kotkin is a typical Moscow (empire) fixated Western Historian, he belongs to the past . My recommendation to everyone who lives in 2024, read the books of Ewa Thompson , who is Professor of Slavic Studies Emerita and former chairperson of the Department of German and Slavic Studies at Rice University.