Russia's War Against Ukraine
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World Affairs Journal: Former President Klaus’s flawed defense of Crimea’s annexation
Former Czech President Vaclav Klaus might well be the most prominent foreign figure defending Russia's annexation of Crimea and denying Kremlin's complicity in the war unfolding in the East of Ukraine. Klaus, who also served as minister of finance of Czechoslovakia (1989–92) and prime minister of the Czech Republic (1992–98), deserves credit for the successful transition of the Czech Republic into a modern European democracy and free-market economy, but his latest pronouncements about Ukraine are both puzzling and disconcerting.