Author(s): Frank Maxwell
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Vladimir Putin’s strong nationalism is nothing new; however since the Ukrainian crisis the Russian leader’s discourse has increasingly turned anti-Western. The EU’s flurry of economic sanctions have given the Russian President a new opportunity to boost up patriotism by using a nationalistic rhetoric to criticize the economic restrictions. However, there is no indication of any shift in Russia’s foreign policy towards Ukraine, nor that the economic sanctions will be annulled …read more
Source: New Europe
