It is a bitter irony that russia's invasion will be taken to justify membership in an organization that did nothing to prevent it, you write. I think the hypocrisy here that needs to be attacked," he says. Few serious conversations were had about how does ukraine plan to re incorporate these territories, and what can be made to help that happen." "i just think that thes te russia has the main blame for tearing a crane apart"
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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