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    Putin doubles down on his disastrous Ukraine gamble 

    The Russian power elite is unable to reconcile to the reality that they are now a pale shadow of what the Soviet Union used to be, their army is no Red Army, their generals are not Marshal Zhukov

    Manas Chakravarty
    September 22, 2022 / 09:29 IST
    Faced with increasing dissatisfaction at home, Putin thought that a quick win in Ukraine would restore his prestige and popularity, just as the war against Georgia had done in 2008 and the annexation of the Crimea in 2014
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