Where is Russia going with the Ukrainian crisis? 

The processes taking place in Ukraine have long been not about Ukraine…

…Ukraine has become the point where Russia, not finding any other way to ensure its perceived fundamental security interests, has taken a path of a forceful solution…

…The key question, on which the future course of events depends, is the following: Was Russia truly prepared to declare its intention for global systemic changes and succeed in doing so?

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