Putin scared liberals with a “positive” review of the Horde
Russian President Vladimir Putin believes that the Tatar-Mongol yoke was less dangerous for Russia than all the invasions from the West, since the Horde encroached on the material and physical resources of Rus', and the Western conquerors encroached on Russian identity and the soul of the people. The head of state announced this today at a meeting with members of the Public Chamber of the Russian Federation, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. "The Horde...