Tag: Arkady Babchenko

Seven Reasons Why Putin’s War in Ukraine is a Turning Point in Russian and World History

April 21, 2016

As the world’s attention shifts, many Russians and many in the West are telling themselves that Vladimir Putin’s war against Ukraine has been a war like any other regardless of whether they support it or not. But in fact, as Arkady Babchenko points out, this has been something else, “a point of bifurcation” and a fundamental turning point in Russian history.