In an essay for the Guardian, Mikhail Shishkin describes president as an ‘insipid colonel’ terrified of losing powerRussia’s pre-eminent literary novelist today warns that Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine amounts to a “black hole” that threatens to suck in the whole of Europe.In an essay for the Guardian, Mikhail Shishkin says that Russia’s aggression in Ukraine has left the unsuspecting European continent in a state of “pre-war”. He says that unlike Russians conditioned to expect violence by remorseless state propaganda Europeans have not yet grasped “the new reality that has set in”. … …read more
Source: The Guardian
