Russia's War Against Ukraine
OP-ED
Juliane Fuerst: Why do so many Russians seem to dislike the West?
Once upon a time there was a boy named Vova and a boy named Gena. They played together in the sandpit. When they grew older, they stopped playing. They were still neighburs, but they did not like each other anymore. Vova wrote a letter in his teenage years asking to join the KGB. Gena discovered the Beatles. Vova became a KGB agent. Gena became a hippie. But this was a long time ago. Vova is now the president of his country. Gena lives as an invalid in the countryside. They have not seen each other for many years. Yet now they have more in common again: they are both Russian nationalists and they both dislike the West.