George Friedman

Russian President Vladimir Putin speaks during his annual end-of-year news conference in Moscow on December 18, 2014.

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With the ruble tanking and the US moving to aid Ukraine, Russian President Vladimir Putin has fewer and fewer good options to shore up his country's position. And that may end in an even bigger crisis than the current one.

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