Colleagues:
A key point that I will bring out in my presentation next Wednesday on Putin and Russia, is the pledge that Putin has made to protect all ethnic Russians wherever they are.
We aren’t sure just what that means, but it could be ominous depending on how he defines “all ethnic Russians”, and if he means just those living in the “near abroad” or anywhere.
If you click onto this Radio Free Europe link you can read more on this. I plan on covering this in the briefing and using the map on “Russian ties”, but it would be helpful if you looked that schematic over prior to the talk–some of the print and percentages of Russians living where are very small.
Click here: Putin Pledges To Protect All Ethnic Russians Anywhere. So, Where Are They?
— Ty