As he was invading the region, Putin – then the prime minister of Russia – had written an op-ed piece in the New York Times, in which he justified the invasion in the words, familiar to anyone: No government can stand idly by when terrorism strikes… Our immediate aim is to rid Chechnya of those who threaten the safety of Chechens and Russians. We also seek to restore civil society to the Chechen people, who have been victims of …armed criminal gangs for years. yet, he expects the Ukrainian people to do otherwise? nytimes/1999/11/14/opinion/why-we-must-act.html?smid=tw-share
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