Co-written with Robert Ferguson
Weeks after a chorus of international outrage erupted over the annexing of Crimea and the downing of Malaysia Airline’s Flight 17 in pro-Russian rebel airspace in Ukraine and the death of 298 civilians, Russia is unapologetically sending new military convoys equipped with mobile artillery into “sovereign” Ukraine. With growing casualties on the ground and increasing sanctions against Russia, Vladimir Putin appears steadfast in his determination to reclaim large sections of Ukraine — in particular its industrial heartland — through intimidation and violence, while denying any but humanitarian involvement there.
This raises the question: Is Putin psychotic?
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Source: The Huffington Post
