Russian President Putin witnessed the collapse of the Soviet Union back in the 90’s
In fact, he says the collapse was “the greatest geo-political catastrophe of the [20th] century.”
Putin, whose passion is for empire, not communism, would love to restore the power of both czarist Russia and the Soviet Union.
So what have we learnt from the red leaders? Is Russia losing its grip on its old soviet sphere?
Brittany Coles discusses with Hansen Professor and Deputy Dean in the Faculty of Arts at the University of Melbourne, Mark Edele
