A Long, Drawn-Out F*ck
Russia’s Political Elite and the Invasion
Deutsche Fassung
Abstract
If you ask high-ranking civil servants and members of parliament off the record what they think of Putin’s decision to invade Ukraine, their attitude is ambivalent. Some are intimidated or fatalistic, others find themselves in a state of shock, still others feel alienated and react with inner emigration.
(Osteuropa 1-3/2022, pp. 227–232)