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To be sure, US-led NATO expansion has certainly escalated overall tension w/ Russia. But that’s not sufficient pretext for invading a neighbor. Rather, Putin is an imperialist autocrat who defines his legacy thru territorial expansion & a nostalgia for “lost greatness.” 2/
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