Tallying the troops: ns Political scientist Kirill Rogov on why Russia’s invasion of Ukraine isn’t just ‘Putin’s war’

It will take a lot of time and research to answer the question of what led to Russia's monstrous war against Ukraine. After Moscow launched its full-scale invasion on February 24, the notion quickly spread around the world that this was "Putin's war" and that he personally made the decision to invade. In this essay for Meduza's "Ideas" section, political scientist Kirill Rogov breaks down why this reasoning is more of a convenient pretense than a real explanation of how Russia reached this point. Original Article: https://meduza.io/en/feature/2022/06/01/erroneous-predictions