In fact, the autocrat who was most like (but still not very like) Hitler was Ceaușescu of Romania. It is a moot point whether or not Chairman Mao was insane, but his régime was worse than Hitler's.
Putin is more like Stalin : in the face of global post-imperialist militarist-consumer-capitalism – cocacolonialism – his only recourse is aggressive and ultimately ineffective resistance.
In fact, the autocrat who was most like (but still not very like) Hitler was Ceaușescu of Romania. It is a moot point whether or not Chairman Mao was insane, but his régime was worse than Hitler's.
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Putin attended the funeral and burial of Klaus Fuchs, the nuclear physicist and spy who enabled the USSR to acquire the atom bomb.
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