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#StopRussianAggression The Washington Post:The myth of Russian humiliation By Anne Applebaum During this period, Russia, unlike Central Europe, never sought to transform itself along European lines. Instead, former KGB officers with a clearly expressed allegiance to the Soviet system took over the state in league with organized crime, seeking to prevent the formation of democratic institutions at home and to undermine them abroad. For the past decade, this kleptocratic clique has also sought to re-create an empire, using everything from cyberattacks on Estonia to military invasions of Georgia and now Ukraine, in open violation of that 1994 agreement — exactly as the Central Europeans feared. Read more: wapo.st/1sYCW4w Image of: business.inquirer.net
Posted on: Sun, 19 Oct 2014 23:15:42 +0000

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