By seizing the basketball star, the Russian president made things so painful for the U.S. that it capitulated and turned over a convicted arms dealer. Can the same tactic work in the war in Ukraine?
Tag: Ukraine
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A Gray Area of Loyalties Splinters a Liberated Ukrainian Town
“Friends are not friends anymore,’’ said one woman in the town of Sviatohirsk, which remains divided not by trench lines and artillery, but by where people’s allegiances lie: with Moscow or Kyiv.
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Out of the Public Eye, a Debate Is Raging Over a Postwar Ukraine Economy
Beyond the enormous cost of rebuilding the country are difficult and delicate choices about how to best connect the nation to European markets and commerce.
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Putin vs. the Priest: A Big Story About a Small Sermon
In wartime Russia, following your conscience can come at a heavy cost.
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Russian Anti-War Activists Seek Common Goals (When They’re Not Bickering)
Almost 300 activists, many young and from the diaspora, gathered to try to forge a common path, beyond struggling against Vladimir Putin and the war in Ukraine.