Russia's War Against Ukraine
Leonid Bershidsky: Ukraine, Russia finally break up
A man holds a portrait of Soviet Union founder Vladimir Lenin and Soviet leader Joseph Stalin during a rally to mark the 98th anniversary of Russia's Bolshevik Revolution in Crimean city of Simferopol on Nov. 7. AFP PHOTO / MAX VETROV
Russia and Ukraine have spent most of their post-Soviet history as Siamese twins, but for the last two years they've been undergoing political and economic separation surgery. It will probably be more or less complete in 2016, and though both twins are in for a grim period, the weaker one, Ukraine, has the better prospects in some ways.
