Very few similarities in terms of their political views, since Harper is solidly right-wing while Putin is centrist. The only similarity one might draw is that a lot of people hate them.
There's no comparison beyond the fact Harper and Putin are both politicians and Canada and Russia are the world's two largest countries in terms of geographical size.
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.