Opinion: Putin invokes history when it serves Moscow’s ambitions - but history cuts both ways. A look at Russia’s own territorial past exposes the flaws in the Kremlin’s argument.

Opinion: Putin invokes history when it serves Moscow’s ambitions - but history cuts both ways. A look at Russia’s own territorial past exposes the flaws in the Kremlin’s argument. Link Putin embraces the dark corners of Russia’s history – opinion The topic of Ukraine’s western borders is of particular interest to Russia’s president, but his so-called Marxism-Leninism argument reveals his flawed logic