DOCUMENTATION AND ADDITIONAL READING
PART 1
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The Crisis in Ukraine as a World Crisis: Russia’s Ultimate Target Is Not Ukraine, It’s the Western World and Freedom

PART 2
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A Statement to the West and Direct Threat to World Order: The Political and Military Posturing Continues

WALL STREET JOURNAL (THE EDITORIAL BOARD)
The New World Disorder

THE ATLANTIC (ANNE APPLEBAUM)
Why the West’s Diplomacy With Russia Keeps Failing

PART 3
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‘Cheating is Acceptable If You Don’t Get Caught’: When Cheating Becomes National Policy

ASSOCIATED PRESS (BRIAN CAROVILLANO AND TED ANTHONY)
At Olympics and Beyond, Getting Away with It Is Russia’s Way

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