Russia-watcher Miriam Elder noted in a piece on BuzzFeed that Putin's response and other statements he has made about Ukraine in the past reflect some of the arguments put forward by Nobel laureate Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn in a 1990 essay titled "Rebuilding Russia."Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty
Is Putin 'Rebuilding Russia' According To Solzhenitsyn's Design?
Robert Coalson
