Samuel Ramani

The paradox at the heart of Russia’s missile strategy

Missile strikes may not defeat Ukraine, but they do help Putin stay in power

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Samuel Ramani
Samuel Ramani is a politics tutor at the University of Oxford and associate fellow at RUSI. He is writing a book on Russia’s war with Ukraine, which will be published by Hurst and Co in December 2022

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