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Russia’s military build-up at the border with Ukraine is testing the West’s resolve
Western commitments to Ukraine remain ambiguous and unproved.
ByNew Times,
New Thinking.
Vladimir Putin is the president of Russia and has been the country’s leader, with an interlude as prime minister, for more than 22 years. Putin was born in 1952, studied law at Leningrad State University and served for 15 years as a KGB officer before becoming a politician in 1991.
Western commitments to Ukraine remain ambiguous and unproved.
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