Russia's War Against Ukraine
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Mark Galeotti: Russia is punching above its weight
A pro-Russian militant stops the tram traffic as he takes part in the storm of the regional police station in the centre of the eastern Ukrainian city of Donetsk on July 1, 2014.
A certain smugness, even triumphalism, is evident in the Kremlin pronouncements about Russia's place in the world. To an extent, this is wholly understandable given that the country appears to be exerting a geopolitical influence out of proportion to its objective economic, military and political strength.
