Putin breaks trust, and its inherent hope, with the world

In the scope of a week, all the goodwill nations thought might be an offshoot of globalization has been wiped off the map.

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March 4, 2022 - 3:31 PM

A woman walks past huge placards bearing images of Russian President Vladimir Putin and reading "Russia does not start wars, it ends them" and "We will aim for the demilitarization and denazification of Ukraine" in the city center of Simferopol, Crimea, on March 4, 2022. (Stringer/AFP via Getty Images/TNS)

It’s been a week of disbelief watching in horror as Russian troops descend on Ukraine.

The dead lying in the streets. People sheltering in subway tunnels to escape the blanket bombings. Schools, hospitals, apartment buildings blown to pieces. In some cities, people lack water and electricity.

More than 1 million women and children and the elderly have fled to welcoming countries as their men stay behind to defend their country.

Up until now, Western nations had been hedging their bets they could negotiate with Russian President Vladimir Putin; that conventional…

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