Vladimir Putin’s Nazi Philosopher Strangely, Russian President Vladimir Putin’s favorite philosopher was a Nazi sympathizer and an admirer of Adolph Hitler. Author Timothy Snyder claims Putin is a fan of 20th century Russian philosopher Ivan Ilyin. In particular, Putin arranged for Ilyin’s body to be moved from Switzerland and reburied in Russia in 2005. In 2009, Putin laid a wreath on Ilyin’s grave.* Notably, Putin’s government has distributed Ilyin’s writings to officials and Putin has adopted a philosophy similar to Ilyin’s, Snyder notes. Hence, Ilyin could now be the most influential philosopher in Russia, which is odd because Ilyin was...