Putin Rehabbed Stalin, Now He’s Burnishing the Rep of Ivan the Terrible

The clean-up of Tsar Ivan’s terrible reputation is part of today’s ideology under Putin, which, to borrow a phrase, is all about Make Russia Great Again.

Anna Nemtsova

Published Jan. 14 2019 5:10AM EST 

Anna Nemtsova

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