Putin’s Fulfillment of Russian History
Journal: Clio s Psyche
Year: 2015

Vladimir Putin, Russia’s president until 2018, seems set on antagonizing leaders of countries surrounding Russia and others who must deal with his increasingly aggressive foreign policy decisions. Western leaders, the public, and the media, for the most part, denounce his attempts to regain territories he argues are and always have belonged to “Mother Russia.” Thus he is seen as continuously endeavoring to reintegrate “lost Russian provinces” rather than independent countries. Even when outsider