Although the world’s attention is focused on the eastern Ukrainian steppe of the Donbass, where a frail ceasefire seems to have collapsed after Russian separatists took control of the key railway town of Debaltseve, there are many other places where the Russian bear might set its eyes sooner or later. Russian interests abroad tend to fall into at least one of two (non-mutually exclusive) kinds: ethnic and economic. Vladimir Putin on Crimea — “Ethnic similarity, a common language, common elements of their material culture, [and] a common territory.” The Kremlin makes significant efforts to support Russian communities abroad: …read more
Source: Business Insider
