The Kremlin has both the time and the means to continue the fighting for as long as necessary, Putin believes, writes Andrei Kolesnikov in a Foreign Affairs column. Putin «is incapable of doubting that he is right,» and the State Duma elections, combined with the complete eradication of anti-war rhetoric, are intended, in the Kremlin’s view, to give him an even stronger mandate for any future actions.
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«War Weariness Leads Not to Peace but to Escalation»
