Dole was not born to wealth — his family ran a small cream and egg business in Russell, Kansas, where he went to high school. As his career developed — state representative, county attorney, the U.S. House, the Senate — Dole’s reputation for sometimes heated partisanship grew. It’s said Dole could not have won an election in Kansas in the 21st century. Personally, however, Putin sees Ukraine as a fabricated state, a place with a 1,100-year history inexorably twined with Russia’s ancient past. To Putin, Ukraine is Russia as much as Moscow is Russia.

Source: thestar December 09, 2021 00:40 UTC