What is “maskirovka”? Historian @TimothyDSnyder explains why he’s concerned about what Putin is saying… and then lays out how an old Soviet-era strategy of deception can help explain what Putin is thinking:

Feb 24, 2022 · 1:20 AM UTC

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Replying to @MehdiHasanShow @TimothyDSnyder
I feel like many of us, when we heard US govt saying "tomorrow at 16:00 invasion" and making different predictions, reacted like the townsfolk in "boy who cried wolf". Now there is the flipside- I went to bed last night thinking "they are going to take Donetsk, Luhansk, maybe the
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Replying to @MehdiHasanShow @maxrodenbeck @TimothyDSnyder
And this unmasking of #PutinsWar failed in #Georgia in 2008, especially in the #Tagliavini report, and including in reporting on the conflict by #AlJazeera
Replying to @MehdiHasanShow @TimothyDSnyder
Read his book ‘On Tyranny.’
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Replying to @MehdiHasanShow @mehdirhasan @TimothyDSnyder
I have a Snyder book in my digital library right now.... so this is cool.
Replying to @MehdiHasanShow @TimothyDSnyder
What is "the West" to do when diplomacy, deterrents and sanctions fail to avoid conflict/war?
Replying to @MehdiHasanShow @mehdirhasan @TimothyDSnyder
Oh for gods sake, yet another bad take.
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