How Putin blundered into Ukraine — then doubled down | Financial Times

‘A huge humiliation’: failed Russian putsch exposes deep flaws in Putin’s regime

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“He has three advisers. Ivan the Terrible. Peter the Great. And Catherine the Great.”

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“How Putin blundered into Ukraine — then doubled down”

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'Whereas former president Petro Poroshenko had used Medvedchuk as a crucial gobetween with Moscow, Zelenskyy’s team sought other intermediaries."