Lionel Barber is former editor of the Financial Times. He is author of "The Powerful and the Damned: Private Diaries in Turbulent Times."
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Vladimir Putin stakes it all on Ukraine
Russian leader driven by his belief in the narrative of Western decline
Vladimir Putin, pictured in Moscow on Feb. 23: the Russian President's biggest fear is not so much an expansion of the NATO alliance to Ukraine but democracy on his doorstep. © Kremlin Pool/AP
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