Russia's War Against Ukraine
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New York Times: Post-Crimea relations with the West
Vladimir Putin’s annexation of Crimea on Tuesday was accompanied by a grand piece of theater in the gilded St. George’s Hall of the Kremlin and disdain for the West and its sanctions and threats. The United States and the European Union are likely to impose added sanctions beyond the measures ordered against a few senior Kremlin officials, but there is virtually no chance that Mr. Putin could be coerced into reversing what the overwhelming majority of Russians and Crimeans seemed to regard as the righting of a historical anomaly. It may also prove to be a watershed in post-Soviet East-West relations, with a lot less for the Russians to celebrate.