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Timoty Garton Ash: Putinismo has more admirers than you’d think
Tell me your Ukraine and I will tell you who you are. The Ukrainian crisis is a political Rorschach test. What it reveals is not encouraging for the West. It turns out that Vladimir Putin has more admirers than you might expect for someone using a neo-Soviet combination of violence and the big lie to dismember a neighbouring sovereign state. When I say admirers, I don’t just mean the governments of Venezuela and Syria, two of his most vocal supporters. The Russian strongman garners tacit support, even quiet plaudits, from important emerging powers, starting with China and India.