Opinion

Right-Wing Ultra-Nationalists Are Putin’s Useful Idiots

WE BELIEVE IN NOTHING

National conservative populists were obsessed with hard borders. Then Putin invaded a sovereign country.

Matt Lewis
Matt Lewis 

Senior Columnist

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Matt Lewis

Matt Lewis

Senior Columnist

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