Vladimir Putin is trying to mobilize a demobilized population. That sentence makes exactly as much sense as Putin’s mobilization decree. Schizoid policy and secret clauses and utter confusion reign. Conscripts are aimless and drunk. Training rifles are rusted. Cities are wracked by antiwar protests. Every male of fighting age who can afford to leave is …
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