Earlier this year, Putin gave a speech about why Russia was invading Ukraine that went on and on about history, but conspicuously, even flagrantly, omitted any

Earlier this year, Putin gave a speech about why Russia was invading Ukraine that went on and on about history, but conspicuously, even flagrantly, omitted any mention of the Nazi-Soviet pact. It's clear this is a very sore point for many Russians, and a lot of anti-US propaganda I'm beginning to think is overcompensation for feelings about this history, rather than a calculated, rational strategy of psychological manipulation.