MSNBC All In With Chris Hayes February 22, 2022 01:20:00
Essentially being russian territory, that is still recognizing the independence of those two regions, right? not annexing them as he did in 2014. i wonder what you made of that strategy in that position he's taking now. >> i think it's actually really too early to tell whether he's going to annex those territories in the end or not. with his decision-making process is going to be. in 2014 when the occupation of crimea began -- putin did exactly that. he recognized putin and annexed it and integrated it into russia. we actually saw his security council meeting that he held with his various mini...