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The War in Ukraine, Explained — Part 1: Why did Putin go to war?

The Gray Area with Sean Illing

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Connectedness Is the Double Edged Sord, Right?

There have been, i think, pretty significant anti war protests in russia so far. But the number of arrests also indicate that we're not at a protest that's anywhere near er, you know, mass regime threatening levels yet. I still think there's some uncertaintythat we don't mearly know how the sanctions are going to play out. We don't know if this turns into a longer term ratritian how many casualties are people willing to accept?

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