Is Russia-Ukraine Spinning Out of Control? (Robert Wright & Anatol Lieven)
Robert Wright's Nonzero
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Is Russia Trying to Put Pressure on Ukraine?
I think Russia's happy with this at all. It is one of the very few means of pressure on the West that Russia has left. And since the West, including the Europeans, are trying to bring maximum economic pressure to bear on Russia, this is the only way that Russia can retaliate it. I mean, I guess I can imagine a false flag rationale of Putin is going to use this to blame America or the West and use it to stir up pro-war sentiment in Russia.
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