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June 2014

June 2014

Putin’s Crimean gambit spoils the West’s Ukrainian party

Western leaders had so wanted to oust Yanukovich while Putin was busy hosting the Sochi Winter Olympic Games that they did not think beyond February 23, the Olympic closing day. The plan was to place Russia, as has always been the case since the demise of USSR, before the fact, a sort of “fait accompli.” But Putin’s Crimea gambit spoiled the party. Western leaders, now used to thinking only within the Twitter word count limit, did not see it necessary to explore all the possible reactions from Russia’s side, notably, the Crimea card...

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Russia outmaneuvers the West in its own game by playing the Crimea gambit

Putin’s arguments are etched in fundamental truths and axiomatic beliefs, while the counterarguments from Brussels and Washington blatantly defy common human logic...

Issue: June 2014
Author: Alex Freedmann
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