Russian President Vladimir Putin's actions in Ukraine demonstrate a newfound willingness to use economic, political, and military pressure to maintain the Kremlin's hold over former Soviet states, a modern-day version of the Brezhnev Doctrine of the 1960s.
A lack of Western leverage has emboldened Russia and is likely to discourage other countries from even leaning away from Moscow.
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