Ukraine is Russia’s best hope for geopolitical and cultural survival

Ukraine is a threat, however, not to the safety of Russia, but to Vladimir Putin's authoritarian state model, which is absolutely hostile to the West. It is essential for the Kremlin masters that the experience of their former neighbors who have chosen their own directions and models will never seem appealing to Russian citizens. They fear Ukraine, and its success, because it could offer an alternative to their path for Russia.
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