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    The Russian Clocks Are All Ticking

    Putin is running out of time.
    by Tom Nichols Sep 26, 2022 5 minutes
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    Vladimir Putin’s massive conscription of Russian men is yet another calamity of his own making.

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    A Darker Motive?

    Russia continues to lose in Ukraine. A dramatic Ukrainian counteroffensive, according to President Volodymyr Zelensky, has recaptured about 2,000 square miles of territory and sent Russian forces reeling. Putin, like many authoritarians, relies on an image of personal invulnerability, and so he rightly fears the political risks of military defeat. At home, even his most loyal sycophants are demanding that he do something to stem the losses in Ukraine.

    Putin has

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