[ETL]

Putin, for all his innumerable flaws, loves his country.

As did Hitler, Stalin and Mao.

[Cronos]

hittie and Mao, yes, but not Stalin. Stalin was the old vein of Bolshevik — a universalist who wanted to destroy all national boundaries and have one universal proletariat state. I’d suggest reading Adam Zamoyski’s book: “1920, the Battle of Warsaw”