A Path To Peace In Ukraine

For Putin, this war against Ukraine is all about winning unmitigated power at home. That is made rather more difficult by an economy that is tanking under the pressure of severe Western sanctions, and by the resolve of the Ukrainians as more and more bodies of Russian soldiers come home. It’s an increasingly difficult story to sell at home.

  Now, Putin is attempting to reach out to the Russian masses with some financial measures that he promises will help overcome what he calls the failed “economic blitzkrieg” by the West,…