Where does this leave all those Western apologists who argued that it was all about NATO enlargement? Are they still going to keep up the pretence now that Putin has dropped it?
RT @TadeuszGiczan: Wow, Putin basically just stopped pretending: "During the war with Sweden, Peter the Great didn't conquer anything, he took back what had always belonged to us, even though all of Europe recognised it as Sweden's. It seems now it's our …

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