Why is it so hard to compare the current military
special operation that started on February 24, 2022 to any of that kind in the
past? Why a pro-state sociology supporting the Kremlin’s decisions is meaningless? Who will be the leader of any Anti-Putin Coalition, or why Western
sanctions cannot but hit civilians? Here we speak to Vladimir Pastukhov, a political scientist and senior researcher at University College London, who
answers all these questions to Novy Prospekt just a few hours later after the
start of the new conflict in Europe.
