The Russia House: Traitors on Capitol Hill

Like Joseph Stalin, like Catherine the Great, like Ivan the Terrible, Vladimir Putin seeks to expand Russian territory. He models himself after Peter the Great, Russia's most successful tsar, and also its tallest-the size of an NBA center, Peter was almost two full feet taller than Putin.

The current Russian strongman has harbored imperial ambitions since he took the job a quarter century ago. This is no big secret. Here is what Senator John McCain told the BBC in September 2014, a few months after Putin's illegal invasion and annexation of Crimea:

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