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How Putin’s Wars Shaped Modern Russia

Intelligence Squared

Putin's Military Groupie - I Don't Believe He Was Behind That

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I don't believe Putin was behind the Donbass region in southeast Ukraine. But nonetheless, as it started and as it emerged, he said, well, maybe we should get involved. I think he felt much more powerful than he really was. He allowed Russia to basically get embroiled in that. And by the summer, you actually had full-scale military intervention in the Donbas.

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