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Moscow started as a fort on a hill and has survived invasion, revolution, civil war and Soviet collapse to transform into a formidable world power. But with the limits of Russia's power tested in Ukraine, is history doomed to repeat itself? Nick Schifrin discusses how Moscow's complex past helps us understand the present with Simon Morrison, author of "A Kingdom and a Village."
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Moscow started as a fort on a hill and has survived invasion, revolution, civil war and Soviet collapse to transform into a…

Amid festivals and flowers the capital is far from the war

Russia’s president cannot win the war, but fears peace

But Vladimir Putin will keep fighting, and claiming victory prematurely

As casualties soar in Ukraine, Vladimir Putin looks ever more beleaguered at home

A new book about Boris Nemtsov, a Putin critic, makes you wonder