The second minx protocol of february 20, fifteenth established a cease fire between ukranian pro government forces and russian back separatist militias in the donbas. But there has been little serious pressure on kie from its western allies. The implicit message was that the political process laid out in minx would sooner or later be a dead letter. Russia's invasion suggests that its own commitment to the agreements was a sham.
Tony Wood returns to The Dig to discuss Russia’s invasion, what it reflects about Russian politics and geopolitics today and historically, and how the Left should be thinking about it all.
Tony's LRB essay: lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v44/n04/tony-wood2/why-didn-t-they-stop-it
Listen to past Dig eps for context on Russia’s invasion of Ukraine:
Tony Wood on Russia and Putin: thedigradio.com/podcast/russia-beyond-putin-with-tony-wood
Volodymyr Ishchenko on Ukraine: thedigradio.com/podcast/ukraine-w-volodymyr-ishchenko
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