SCOTT RITTER: On Speaking Plain 'Putin'

Any retrospective on the Russian-Ukraine conflict begins with a modicum of interest in how Moscow defines the conflict. First of an article in two parts.



By Scott Ritter
Special to Consortium News
Back in March, I had the opportunity to participate in an on-line forum where a well-known Ru

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