Putin’s combative address from the Kremlin Monday was a nearly hourlong recitation of decades worth of historical grievances and an unmistakable challenge by Moscow to the post-Cold War international order dominated by the West
Russian President Vladimir Putin’s combative address Monday from the Kremlin was a nearly hourlong recitation ofand an unmistakable challenge by Moscow to the post-Cold War international order dominated by the West.
The speech, ostensibly aimed at recognizing the independence of two breakaway statelets that Russia carved from Ukraine in 2014, outlined Mr. Putin’s view that Ukraine was a historical accident that the U.S. has turned into a launchpad to attack Russia.
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