Vladimir Putin: The Biggest Loser in Sochi and Ukraine

From: Pavlo Ivanchenko ([email protected])
Date: Wed Mar 05 2014 - 23:36:39 EST


http://reason.com/archives/2014/03/01/vladimir-putin-the-biggest-loser-in-soch

With the rapid developments in Ukraine, it is difficult at this point to
make any predictions. No one knows how far Russia's now-certain military
intervention will go--or whether the revolution that ousted pro-Russian
president Viktor Yanukovych will succeed in steering the country toward
freedom and prosperity. But one thing is already clear: the past two weeks'
biggest loser is Russian president Vladimir Putin, whose rout in Ukraine
has further soured the already dubious triumph of the Sochi Olympics. It is
almost a storybook tale of hubris, humiliation, and poetic justice.



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