Al Jazeera English, "Putin: Redrawing borders, rewriting history"

 

"Putin has nothing else to offer to Russian citizens.
He can not offer the wealth and prosperity and that is why he is only offering the myths of some great periods in history."

"Having shaped a grand historical narrative about Russia´s place in the world, Vladimir Putin now wants to protect it.
A new national security strategy signed by Putin in 2021 says traditional russian values and historical memory are under attack and must be defended..."

Gravitas Plus | Explained: The Russia-Ukraine crisis

 

"The story of the Ukraine-Russia crisis does not begin in 2021, or 2014, It begins in the 9th century. There was a time when the two countries were one.There was a time when Ukraine gave its nuclear arsenal to Russia. Palki Sharma Upadhyay will tell you why Putin wants Ukraine."