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Russian roulette: is Moscow’s bluff backfiring?

Is Moscow’s bluff backfiring?

19 February 2022

9:00 AM

19 February 2022

9:00 AM

A bluff only works if you can carry it off convincingly. The massing of some 130,000 Russian soldiers on Ukraine’s borders has led to London and Washington declaring that a full-scale invasion is imminent, but it could still be a feint. The Russians know everything they do can be seen by satellite.

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