This is very long! And very important. We are still far to close to Russian propaganda about Crimea, and to the absurd claim that it was “always” Russia. This claim wrong in more ways than one can name, and reflecting on it can serve as starting point for understanding Putinist propaganda generally. More important, though, is the history of Crimea a…
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