Russia's War Against Ukraine
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Paul Goble: ‘Instead of a Maidan, the Donbas has come to Moscow’
Russia's President Vladimir Putin gestures as he speaks to the media after a summit aimed at ending 10 months of fighting in Ukraine in Minsk on Feb. 12, 2015.
The murder of Boris Nemtsov within sight of the Kremlin means that 'instead of a Maidan,' against which Vladimir Putin has organized, 'the Donbas has come' to Russia, a development that means 'the little house of cards' that the Kremlin leader had been building has come crashing down, Kirill Martynov says.