Russia's War Against Ukraine
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Anne Applebaum: How Vladimir Putin is waging war on the West – and winning
Russia's President Vladimir Putin reacts as he speaks to the media after a summit aimed at ending 10 months of fighting in Ukraine in Minsk on Feb. 12, 2015.
Last month, the speaker of the Russian parliament solemnly instructed his foreign affairs committee to launch a historical investigation: was West Germany's "annexation" of East Germany really legal? Should it be condemned? Ought it to be reversed? Last week, the Russian foreign minister, speaking at a security conference in Munich, hinted that he might have similar doubts. "Germany's reunification was conducted without any referendum," he declared, ominously.
