Many people in Ukraine and the West have convinced themselves that if Vladimir Putin were to leave the scene, Russian aggressiveness would also end. But that view, Russian writer Viktor Yerofeyev says, is dangerously "naive" because it ignores present-day Russian realities.
Russia's War Against Ukraine
The Interpreter: Dangerously ‘naive’ to think Putin’s exit would end Russian aggressiveness, Yerofeyev says
Pro-Russian militant commander Vassili Petrovic, 40-year old, stands on Sept. 18, 2014 in Vilkhivka, a village of minors near the front line between pro-Russian forces and Ukrainian army some 50 kms east of Donetsk, eastern Ukraine.
