World War 2.1?

Vladimir Putin is wicked, certainly: he really puts hits out on people, like the KGB agent he once was. He’s obsessed with regaining control of the lost empire Russians call the ‘Near Abroad,' and quite willing to run a huge, dangerous bluff in the hope of making some progress on that agenda. But he is not stupid. Nobody who stays in power in Russia for 22 years is stupid.

Russian President Vladimir Putin, pictured. Columnist Gywnne Dyer does not think Russia will invade Ukraine. 'I’ll apologize profusely if I’m getting this wrong, but it feels to me like some Central Intelligence Agency people spotted some minor Russian troop movements and rang the alarm for domestic political purposes or just for fun.'Photograph courtesy of Flickr

Opinion

BY GWYNNE DYER

February 14, 2022

LONDON, U.K.—Columnists are not supposed to write about the same subject twice in a row, and only last week I wrote my umpteenth piece saying that Russian President Vladimir Putin is not going to invade Ukraine. But U.S. President Joe Biden just gave us a hard date for the Russian invasion of Ukra...

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