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Russia-Ukraine crisis already paying dividends for Putin Ukraine is in Putins crosshairs because nothing threatens his regime more than a democratic prosperous neighbor. Ukraines separate ethnic identity challenges Russias very vision of itself as an empire and Ukraines political identity defies Putins authoritarian political model.

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Putin has repeatedly tried to lay claim to large swathes of Ukrainian territory that he says are historic parts of Russia which were given to.

. After Ukraines pro-Western revolution in 2014 Russia invaded and then annexed the Ukrainian peninsula of Crimea and fomented a still-running separatist war in. Russian President Vladimir Putin has massed an estimated 100000 troops on Ukraines border with the United States and its European allies scrambling to deter an invasion and respond to the. Putin addressed his remarks to military officials as Russia pressed for an urgent US.

President Vladimir Putin said on Tuesday that Russia had no room to retreat in a standoff with the United States over Ukraine and would be forced into a tough response unless the West dropped its aggressive line. And NATO reply to proposals it made last week for a binding set of.

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