Escalation. Referendums were held last week in the nominally Ukrainian regions of Donetsk, Luhansk, Kherson and Zaporizhzhia to see if residents there wanted to become subjects of Russia. In a not-at-all free vote, a majority voted yes, but most countries have refused to recognize the results. The government in Kyiv sees it as yet another […]
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Daily Memo: Russian Creativity
Economic and political pressure have forced Moscow to think outside the box.
