It’s quickly become a favorite guessing game among pundits here in America and abroad: What is Vladimir Putin up to?
It’s been more than a year since the Russian president authorized aggressive military action that led to the annexation of Crimea and the amassing of tens of thousands of Russian troops near the border of Ukraine. In doing so, he escalated a crisis that was as alarming and confounding as any of the post-Cold War period. And though he stopped short of ordering a full-on invasion of Ukraine, that country, which is threatened by economic blight and rampant corruption, remains …read more
Source: The Huffington Post
