Walter Pincus, writing for The Cipher Brief, concerning Putin’s continued harping about Nazis in Ukraine.
In Putin’s world, a Nazi is a Ukrainian who refuses to admit being a Russian and therefore, Ukraine as a separate country, has to be eliminated.
Putin’s eliminationist efforts have had the consequence of dramatically increasing the number of Ukrainians who “refuse to admit being Russian.” This feels like another one of those “beatings will continue until morale improves” deals.
