Five minutes with Anne Applebaum: “Putin cannot let Ukraine become a democratic, pro-European state”
Journal: London School of Economics and Political Science Research Online (London School of Economics and Political Science)
Year: 2014

Tensions have continued to rise in Crimea ahead of a planned referendum on the region seceding from Ukraine and joining Russia. In an interview with EUROPP’s Managing Editor Stuart Brown, Anne Applebaum discusses the importance of Vladimir Putin’s domestic situation to his handling of the crisis, the role of the Russian media in shaping public opinion, and why a key priority for the EU should be to enforce its own anti-corruption standards with regard to Russian investors.