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    Apr 01, 2022 3 minutes

    Can preconceptions cloud facts over Putin’s actions?

    The article rebutting Russian attempts to justify the war (Ukraine invasion, 18 March) does not separate truth from fiction, as you claim.

    Mark Rice-Oxley writes that “no one in their wildest dreams can imagine the west attacking Russia”. What, not even Vladimir Putin with his background? He saw 14 east European states join Nato with encouragement from the west and in April 2008, President George W Bush indicated that there would be an

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