Anders Åslund: Reality Lost in Translation
We have become used to Putin and other Russian officials lying blatantly about everything all the time and we tend to ignore them with a yawn, but most Russians are inclined to accept much of it. They do not appear to blame Putin for his war on Ukraine. Instead, they seem to accept it as a natural catastrophe that just happened. In order to set the Russian mind right, Russians need to understand that the war in Ukraine is Putin’s fault.