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Russian troop movements prove John Mearsheimer wrong

By Jon Sweet, Mark Toth

Published December 5, 2022 5:47pm ET

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Russian troop movements prove John Mearsheimer wrong — FILE - In this image from video provided by the Russian Defense Ministry Press Service, a Tu-95 strategic bomber from the Russian air force prepares to take off from an air base in Engels near the Volga River in Russia, Monday, Jan. 24, 2022. (Russian Defense Ministry Press Service via AP, File)

Despite realist scholar John Mearsheimer’s efforts to justify Russian President Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine, first in 2014 after Moscow’s seizure of Crimea and now with Moscow’s current onslaught, by blaming the West and NATO, Putin’s shifting of Russian troops away from NATO’s borders and into Ukraine proves Russia hardly felt threatened.

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