Our guest for this episode is Mr. Adam Barker. He is an Advance Placement (AP) U.S. history, Government, and Economics teacher in California. He has a degree in Political Science at the Cal State University and Masters degree in political theory in political science comparative politics from the George Washington University.
Mr. Barker discussed the history of the Russian Empire, the USSR, and the country called Russia. He said that in 1991, during the reverse revolution, Russia and Ukraine were created and recognized internationally as two separate countries with separate governments and territory so, legally speaking, Putin does not have any ground to stand on.
However, the problem is that Russian President Vladimir Putin does not believe that Ukraine and Russia are two separate countries. He believes that there is no such thing as Ukraine; it is really just a part of Russia and Russia is a part of Ukraine - it's all the same thing. However, it is clear that Ukrainians do not believe it.
Also, in regards to the restoration of the Soviet Union Mr. Barker said, contrary to what most people think, the truth is that Putin wants to restore the old Russian Empire, the pre communist empire.
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