On the recordFebruary 28, 2022
Vladimir Putin thought he was claiming the mantle of Peter the Great in rebuilding a Russian Empire. But as the Ukrainian people have shown him to be, he is nothing more than a petty tyrant.
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Wilson criticizes Putin's ambitions and labels him a tyrant.
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