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eading Republicans, including presidents Richard Nixon, Gerald Ford, and Ronald Reagan. But by the time

lution as the latest form of American interventionism, and began a process of restricting Russian NGOs that was to reach a climax a decade later. Yanukovych eventually won the presidency in a 2010 comeback. but a second protest-driven revolution www.freedomhouse.org 23 EFTA00804747 BREAKING DOWN DEM

religious harmony, boast of government policies to ensure fair treatment for Russia's large Muslim population, and denounce those who brought down Yanukovych's government in Ukraine as fascists and pogromists. Yet when it comes to potential allies in Europe, it makes no difference to the Kremlin whether

e, U.S. President Richard Nixon declared Khrushchev "the most brilliant world leader" he had ever met, because he "scared the hell out of people." Nixon embraced his own variant of the madman theory during the Vietnam War, when he ratcheted up nuclear alert levels to coerce the Soviets and their Nor

s, who wanted their country to be oriented toward the European Union. Putin finally brought Yanukovych around, but this sparked the Maidan revolt, Yanukovych's rapid exit, and Putin's need to shift strategies. For both Khrushchev and Putin, a competition in risk-taking offered a beguiling EFTA00662757

sy hues, Latin mobs pelted Vice President Richard Nixon's motorcade with stones, shouting, "Out, dog! We

o the verge of military confrontation. The pro-Russia region of Crimea is seething, and the new central government that took over in Kiev after Mr. Yanukovych fled is barely functioning. President Obama, speaking at the White House, was right to warn Russia against any military move and to indicate that