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Serhii Plokhy: How Putin weaponises history

Serhii Plokhy: How Putin weaponises history

Stephen Sackur speaks to an internationally renowned Harvard historian

The Interview · BBC World Service

June 1, 202223m 19s

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Show Notes

Stephen Sackur speaks to internationally renowned Harvard historian Serhii Plokhy, who specialises in the complex histories of Ukraine, Russia and the Soviet Union. Vladimir Putin has tried to weaponise history to undermine Ukrainian identity and nationhood - how does this historian fight back?