Daily Memo: Moscow Recognizes Breakaway Ukrainian Regions

Western countries have predictably denounced the move.

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Putin makes his move. After a meeting of Russia’s Security Council on Monday, Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a decree recognizing the independence of the self-proclaimed Donetsk and Luhansk people’s republics. Putin and the two breakaway regions of Ukraine also signed cooperation treaties that permit Russia to send “peacekeeping” forces to Donetsk and Luhansk. Following […]

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