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In Moscow's Shadows 101: Phoney Wars and Rising Stars

In Moscow's Shadows

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The Pre-Proper Ukrainian Counter-Offensive Phase

Ukrainian President Volodymiyev Zelensky has been compared to Chechen terrorist Shamil Basayev. He himself was killed in 2006, as the result of what looks like a covert Russian military operation. This could simply be Zelensky saying what Zelensky needs to say at the moment, he is, after all, a political leader. But it's quite striking that additional narrative firepower, as well as additional genuine outrage, I think, was added by the fact that Zwidzky essentially said Gud carries out assassinations of Russians in Russia.

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