Russia’s terms for winning will be an extended protection of the assets and security of the current upper leadership. Those terms do not necessarily involve the

Russia’s terms for winning will be an extended protection of the assets and security of the current upper leadership. Those terms do not necessarily involve the measures that preoccupy the Western press: territorial expansion, foreign PR, involvement in Olympics, treatment of foreign and national citizens, economic robustness or ecological protection. I’m not very informed, but I don’t see many in the West expecting this to evolve in a direction of justice, liberation, or national honor for the Russian people. But, we expect Russia will win.