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Putin Needs a New Story to Tell
In 2014, demonstrations and keyves in Independence Square overthrew Ukraine's corrupt Kremlin-backed government. Unlike the Moscow crowd, they didn't disperse and were not afraid to use violence. The success of Ukraine's revolution was a threat to Putin, but also an opportunity. He responded by an axe in Crimea, then stoking and fanning a war in Dunbas.