Anne ApplebaumUkraine can win, even in Crimea. And if they do, the reverberations will be felt around the world. Jeffrey Goldberg and I reported from Mikolaiv, Kherson, Odessa, Kyiv:
Martin NuttyA great choice to start the article with the story of a bizarre theft. The upcoming Summer campaign will decide if the status quo #kleptocracy will continue to hold sway in #Russia. #Putin’s attempted annexation of #Ukraine was a war of distraction dressed up in fake concerns of the #NATO threat. Decades of #Russian misrule, theft of public wealth, and failure to deliver quality of life improvements required a “patriotic” war which distracts from governmental incompetence