Russia’s European Neighbors Rattled by Putin

“Europe’s relations with Russia are sinking to depths unprecedented in the three decades since the collapse of the Soviet Union,” the Wall Street Journal reports.

After more than 20 years in power, President Vladimir Putin is rattling his European neighbors more than ever, signaling that he might invade Ukraine, deploying troops to shore up the autocracy in Kazakhstan, weaponizing his country’s natural-gas exports and demanding sweeping security concessions from the West.