He doesn't dictate, he reluctantly sends someone to breaks legs in dark alleys. Putin is too rational to allow himself to be portrayed as a dictator. He is smart enough to win without direct assault.
I don't like him, but he deserves far more respect than the people calling him an enemy. He is a president that uses a little traditional Russian anarchy to maintain the order.
He acts like a dictator but many people in Russia like him and don't consider him a dictator.
I cant really gove you an answer,but what I can give you is a way to a solution, that is you have to find the anglde that you relate to or peaks your interest. A good paper is one that people get drawn into because it reaches them ln some way.As for me WW11 to me, I think of the holocaust and the effect it had on the survivors, their families and those who stood by and did nothing until it was too late.