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I'll stick my neck out: Russia may be heading for an outright defeat

19 March 2022

9:00 AM

19 March 2022

9:00 AM

  Skopje, North Macedonia

In the West, it’s tempting to believe that revulsion at Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine is universal, and that he’s receiving support only from a handful of miscreant countries like Venezuela, Syria and Iran. I wish this were true. I’m in Skopje, the capital of North Macedonia, where there’s much sympathy for Putin, which has only increased since the invasion began.

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