The war in Ukraine is also a war for free speech
February 24 was a fateful day for world peace as President Putin staked his own and Russia’s future on an unprovoked military assault against the country’s neighbour and rejected the “rules-based international order” in the most public way possible. At a stroke he ensured Russia’s long-term isolation and completed Russia’s jagged journey into totalitarianism. That might in fact have been his goal as much as any territorial ambitions in Ukraine or beyond. For now at least, Putin has absolute control over the separate “Russian world” – “Russkiy Mir” — of his dreams.
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