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Anne Applebaum: Putin doesn’t need to invade Ukraine; he can destabilize it from the Kremlin
Russia's President Vladimir Putin (R) and former Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych shake hands after signing documents in the Kremlin on Dec. 17 to seal a deal for a $15 billion bailout from Moscow and cheaper gas.
The editor of a publication that will remain unnamed called me in recent days wanting to know what I thought: Would Russia invade Ukraine before midnight? She needed to know before her deadline. I didn’t have any inside information, but I guessed: No, I told her, I didn’t think Russia would invade Ukraine—because it did not need to.
