Russia has lost an empire but not yet found a role. Russia has to decide what it wants … - Timothy Garton Ash

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Timothy Garton Ash

Russia has lost an empire but not yet found a role. Russia has to decide what it wants to be. And as we know in Britain, that takes some time. It is quite tough to lose an empire and Russia lost its empire very rapidly and very admirably, that is to say peacefully, it didn't fight.

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