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Putin put massive pressure on the new government in Kiev
to discourage it from siding with the West against Moscow, making it
clear that he would wreck Ukraine as a functioning state before he
would allow it to become a Western stronghold on Russia’s doorstep.
Toward that end, he has provided advisers, arms, and diplomatic sup-
port to the Russian separatists in eastern Ukraine, who are pushing
the country toward civil war. He has massed a large army on the
Ukrainian border, threatening to invade i! the government cracks
down on the rebels. And he has sharply raised the price o! the natural
gas Russia sells to Ukraine and demanded payment for past exports.
Putin is playing hardball.
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Why the Ukraine Crisis Is the West’s Fault - The Liberal Delusions That Provoked Putin
John J. Mearsheimer, Professor of Political Science at the University of Chicago
September/October 2014