Russia's War Against Ukraine
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Ben Judah: Putin used the Ukraine crisis to consolidate his dictatorship
Russia's President Vladimir Putin (C) shakes hands with Ukraine's President Petro Poroshenko before their meeting with European leaders on Ukraine's crisis, on Oct. 17, 2014 on the sidelines of the 10th ASEM summit in Milan.
The war in Ukraine is no longer only about Ukraine. The conflict has transformed Russia. This increasingly is what European leaders and diplomats believe: that Vladimir Putin and his security establishment have used the fog of war in Ukraine to shroud the final establishment of his brittle imperialist dictatorship in Moscow
