Vladimir Putin has caused something of an international stir with his decision to invade Ukraine on the pretext that it is not a real country and therefore should be subsumed into a Greater Russia.

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Vladimir Putin has caused something of an international stir with his decision to invade Ukraine on the pretext that it is not a real country and therefore should be subsumed into a Greater Russia.