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Don’t let U.S. focus on China allow Putin to get away with invasion of Ukraine | Trudy Rubin

Vladimir Putin is testing whether the West will let him seize more territory and use gas cutoffs and refugee flows to intimidate Europe.

Russian President Vladimir Putin (left) and Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko pose for a photo during their meeting in St. Petersburg, Russia, Tuesday, July 13, 2021.
Russian President Vladimir Putin (left) and Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko pose for a photo during their meeting in St. Petersburg, Russia, Tuesday, July 13, 2021.Read moreAlexei Nikolsky / AP
    by Trudy Rubin | Columnist
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