Open AccessWhen writings on the wall are ignored
Author(s) -
Alexey Gromyko
Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
seriâ analitičeskie zapiski instituta evropy ran
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2713-3303
DOI - 10.15211/analytics1720225255
Subject(s) - guard (computer science) , political science , history , computer science , programming language
Usually, when big events happen, they catch most people off guard. No matter how probable it was and how many writings on the wall appeared, the decision of Russia to recognise the self-proclaimed republics of Donetsk and Lugansk and then to launch a military operation in wider Ukraine has had a seismic effect. It was not inevitable but recent events have shifted the ground.