Timothy Frye: Russians supported Putin’s moves in Crimea in 2014. Here’s what’s different in 2021.
Timothy Frye, Marshall D. Shulman Professor of Post-Soviet Foreign Policy, published in the Washington Post.
Survey data suggest it will be hard for Putin to rally support for a direct military intervention
Many analysts have worried in recent weeks about a large buildup of Russian military forces along the Ukrainian border. Russian troops have gathered in areas near the ongoing conflict in the Donbas, and some troops relocated to Crimea. Amid border skirmishes, warnings from the Kremlin and escalating rhetoric on Russian state-owned media, what’s going on?