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The Story of Russia, with Orlando Figes

Intelligence Squared

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What's the Story of the Russian War?

I was shocked by the scale of the invasion, but I had been aware that there was a growing likelihood. The essay he wrote in July 2021 on the so-called historical unity of Russians in Ukrainians did strike me as a sort of justification for the war. If that's how he genuinely felt, then it is something he felt strongly enough to spend his lockdown month studying very badly Russian history.

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