For a prince in ancient Russia, an earring was commonplace – just as it was for a Russian cavalryman during the Napoleonic wars. And, in Moscow Tsardom, men’s earrings were a treasure that could be inherited, as well as a sign of status.
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Putin’s invasion of Ukraine points not only towards a possible future invasion of other Baltic States but ever-increasing assertion of Russia’s might as a military superpower vis-a-vis the US and NATO