"So? Is it legal to put a ruler under duress if he is losing a war? Are there any other exceptions to the duress rule?" Ask the Germans who put him in this situation... But defeating an enemy is not illegal...

"The problem is that what you consider the truth is not what I do" I used truth instead of facts, my mistake.

"Evidently, the three categories in question (nazism, nationalism, patriotism) overlap quite significantly" Agree, but same with Communism, Socialism, Anarchism (not really sure of this one) or others political ideologies. Over, the ideologies themselves differ drastically, i.e. Nazism and Communism or Nationalism and Anarchism.

"I gave reasons why I believe my (literal) reading of Putin's words is correct." Yes you did, but it is like the believers picking and choosing within the Holly Book what goes with their beliefs, forgetting the second part of the sentence. I can probably find a sentence where Hitler said it will peace. If you cut it off of the rest saying after he will have conquer all the Asiatics and kill of the Jews, you can conclude that Mr Hitler was a man of peace.