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Russia
The war is not going as well as Putin would like to suggest, and he faces real pressures if it continues
John Lough
He still demands huge chunks of Ukraine and other dramatic concessions
Charles Lipson
The pawns on Putin’s chessboard are the 350,000 mainly Russian-speaking residents of the region
Svitlana Morenets
A close association with the war does not seem to be a vote-winner
Mark Galeotti
Europe
The price he is willing to pay to bring Moscow onboard, could determine not only the fate of Ukraine but security in Europe for decades
Julius Strauss