Putin’s Other Role Model
However, Putin has another role model he refuses to emulate. That role model is Pyotr Arkadyevich Stolypin, the third prime minister of the Russian Empire.
In individuals, insanity is rare; but in groups, parties, nations and epochs, it is the rule. Friedrich Nietzsche
However, Putin has another role model he refuses to emulate. That role model is Pyotr Arkadyevich Stolypin, the third prime minister of the Russian Empire.
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