Whether in the form of the Russian Empire, the Soviet Union or the Russian Federation today, the occupants of the Kremlin have been driven by a desire to be recognised as a “Great Power”.
These ambitions are explored by Russian-British historian Sergey Radchenko in his book To Run the World: The Kremlin’s Cold War Bid for Global Power.
Radchenko spoke to Al Jazeera about Moscow’s need for legitimacy on the world stage and the role it played in Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
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