Russia has suddenly started preparing for full-scale war in Ukraine, but what does its president, Vladimir Putin, really want?
"Will it happen or not? Let's wait and see. In the West, they don't know what to do about it," is how Pavel Felgenhauer, a Russian security expert, summed up the situation on Friday (2 April).
When Russian newspaper Rosbalt asked him why the Kremlin might want to start a war, he answered:...
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Andrew Rettman is EUobserver's foreign editor, writing about foreign and security issues since 2005. He is Polish, but grew up in the UK, and lives in Brussels. He has also written for The Guardian, The Times of London, and Intelligence Online.