Megaphone :verified:<a href="https://lgbt.earth/discover/tags/ArkadyOstrovsky?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ArkadyOstrovsky</a> on <a href="https://lgbt.earth/discover/tags/Putin?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Putin</a>’s <a href="https://lgbt.earth/discover/tags/War?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#War</a> Strategy: What Does <a href="https://lgbt.earth/discover/tags/Victory?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Victory</a> Mean?<br> <br> Arkady <a href="https://lgbt.earth/discover/tags/Ostrovsky?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Ostrovsky</a>, <a href="https://lgbt.earth/discover/tags/Russia?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Russia</a> and Eastern <a href="https://lgbt.earth/discover/tags/Europe?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Europe</a> Editor at The <a href="https://lgbt.earth/discover/tags/Economist?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Economist</a>, unpacks the true purpose behind Putin’s war in Ukraine. Despite immense human and economic losses, Putin is playing a long game—using negotiations as a tool to outlast Western support and achieve a so-called “<a href="https://lgbt.earth/discover/tags/DefinitiveResolution?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#DefinitiveResolution</a>.” His ambition? To neutralize <a href="https://lgbt.earth/discover/tags/Ukraine?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Ukraine</a>, rewrite the post-1945 order, and restore Russia’s <a href="https://lgbt.earth/discover/tags/superpower?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#superpower</a> status.<br> <br> <a href="https://lgbt.earth/discover/tags/Russia?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Russia</a> <a href="https://lgbt.earth/discover/tags/UkraineWar?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#UkraineWar</a> <a href="https://lgbt.earth/discover/tags/Putin?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Putin</a> <a href="https://lgbt.earth/discover/tags/Geopolitics?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Geopolitics</a> <a href="https://lgbt.earth/discover/tags/TheEconomist?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#TheEconomist</a> <a href="https://lgbt.earth/discover/tags/Sanctions?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Sanctions</a> <a href="https://lgbt.earth/discover/tags/Trump?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Trump</a> <a href="https://lgbt.earth/discover/tags/NATO?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#NATO</a> <a href="https://lgbt.earth/discover/tags/ForeignPolicy?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ForeignPolicy</a>