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Russia moved yet more troops close to its border with Ukraine. Vladimir Putin’s party claimed, without evidence, that Ukraine’s government was planning to attack Russian-speakers in eastern Ukraine, and appealed for Mr Putin to lend them military assistance.

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Russia’s roulette: The stakes in Ukraine

From the January 29th 2022 edition

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