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Saturday, March 29, 2014

Putin's Aggression will Backfire

Four Reasons Why Putin's Crimea Grab Will Backfire (Michael Bohm) from the Moscow Times [in English]
"Following the initial euphoria, however, ­Putin’s popularity will likely dip as quickly as it rose, just like with Bush. When Russians see that the high economic costs of the Crimea annexation outweigh the benefits, Putin’s victory will surely turn hollow. One inherent problem was the haste with which the “Annex Crimea” operation was executed."

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