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Nice WaPo series on the changes that the war has wrought to domestic politics in Russia:
As Vladimir Putin persists in his bloody campaign to conquer Ukraine, the Russian leader is directing an equally momentous transformation at home — re-engineering his country into a regressive, militarized society that views the West as its mortal enemy.
Putin’s inauguration on Tuesday for a fifth term will not only mark his 25-year-long grip on power but also showcase Russia’s shift into what pro-Kremlin commentators call a “revolutionary power,” set on upending the global order, making its own rules, and demanding that totalitarian autocracy be respected as a legitimate alternative to democracy in a world redivided by big powers into spheres of influence.
A deeply appealing model for American progressives! In other news…
- Hot drone-on-drone action in Ukraine…
- Tensions rise between China and the Philippines…
- Getting the quality vs. quantity balance right…
- The Ticonderoga class cruisers are counting down to oblivion…
- Russian oil sales are doing fine, but gas sales are definitely not…
- The mixed impact of cyber-operations on the Russia-Ukraine War…