Reasons to feel gloomy about 2014 abound. This year marked the outbreak of war in Ukraine, the annexation of Crimea, the shooting down of MH17, and the intensification of Russian hybrid warfare against the West, ranging from increasingly dangerous military-aviation stunts to the unleashing of unparalleled propaganda blasts. Inside Russia, the last remnants of independent life were bullied, squeezed and silenced. It was the year when the world as we had known it for decades ceased to exist – but for the most part we did not realise it.
True, the West began to respond. The United States and the European …read more
Source: European Voice
