Russia's War Against Ukraine
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Karen Dawisha: Corruption thrives on Russia’s frozen conflicts
From its very first days, the Soviets were as adamant about sovereignty in "their" zone as the West was in theirs. In practice, this meant that from 1960s the international system was populated by states whose own independence was vastly curtailed by one or the other superpower, under the covers of the Brezhnev and Monroe doctrines.