Sweden's Putin was Pining for the Fjords
HISTORY The defeat in Ukraine was the beginning of Karl XII's end.
It’s one year today, since Ukrainians were awakened by alarm bells and had to run to the bomb shelters. The unthinkable had happened.
When trying to put current events in context, I often come back to when Sweden was one of Europe’s leading imperial powers in the 17th and 18th century. And how it all ended.
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