Looking Back in Anger.

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    • Subject Terms:
      CRIMEA (Ukraine)
    • Subject Terms:
      PUTIN, Vladimir Vladimirovich, 1952-; KHRUSHCHEV, Nikita Sergeevich, 1894-1971
    • Abstract:
      The article discusses Russian President Vladimir Putin and his government's decision to intervene in Crimea, Ukraine as of March 2014, focusing on the societal impacts of Putin's use of 19th century political and military tactics in Ukraine. According to the article, then-Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev gifted Crimea to Ukraine in 1954. Putin's allegedly authoritarian regime is mentioned, along with Russia's role as an oil-dependent state. Political pluralism is also examined.