The West’s Putin Test
Ukraine signed an economic association treaty with the European Union on Friday, fulfilling an aspiration of this winter’s popular uprising in Kyiv and moving a step closer to the West. But Russia continues to exact a high price for Ukraine’s free choice, and Vladimir Putin isn’t giving up.
Contrary to wishful thinkers in Europe and Washington, the Kremlin chief is adjusting his tactics but not his ambition to spoil Ukraine’s…