The best U.S. intel that Russia would invade Ukraine came from... Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin.
Our big read chronicling the long road to war and how the west failed to either appease or deter Putin.
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The only common language among Merkel, east European leaders & was Russian. So a noncommittal statement was negotiated in Russian: had just painted a target on the backs of Ukraine and Georgia without giving them any protection
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Fiona Hill, quoted in our apiece above, compared Ukraine’s experience with Russia to that of Ireland with England before, and Donbas to Ulster, in this podcast. She also says Putin is the XXth century’s first major populist leader
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Until a week before Russia attacked Ukraine, president was refusing neutrality as part of any deal with Putin - a condition that is now discussed in the negotiations for a ceasefire. Via
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Er Belfast wasn’t razed to the ground by the British army…
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Isn't populist a bit much since everyone with a different opinion disappears?
