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Masha Gessen and Joshua Yaffa on the Escalation of Violence in Ukraine

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The Degree of Absolute Fury That You Get at Russia

There's a level of terror and dread tt is quite real and quite palpable in the city. And it really makes people quite angry. It just beggarsh the mind as to what putton was thinking here. In other words, all wars have some kind of political solution. Clearly puton had something in mind when he invaded ukrane. The degree of absolute a anger you get toward russia makes this whole idea that this country could ever go along with submit itself to rule installed at the barrel of a gun for moscow, just makes the whole project seem so impossible and there and therefore so much more futile.

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