At a London theater, I was reminded what befalls those who misread Putin's long-term strategy, as President Biden is doing with Ukraine.
That was the day the private plane of onetime Putin pal — and Wagner private militia commander — Yevgeny PrigozhinWagner won the only substantial victory for Moscow in Ukraine, and Prigozhin was hailed as a hero. But the plane explosion came two months after Prigozhin organized aThe militia leader apparently thought he was too important to be murdered.Indeed, these two oligarchs’ fates provide a flashing red-light warning about the incoherent U.S.
Second, Putin plays a poor hand well, preying on Western weaknesses. With Berezovsky and Prigozhin, he played on their inflated egos, as he did with former President Donald Trump — andWith the Biden administration, Putin has cleverly played on its fear he will use nuclear weapons if Ukraine crosses his redlines. The goal is to persuade the West that it’s too dangerous to give Ukraine the weapons it needs to retake Crimea, and actually defeat Russia.
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