The Outlaw Vladimir Putin.

• Author: Handley, John
• Position: Book review

Title: THE OUTLAW VLADIMIR PUTIN

Author: John Handley

THE OUTLAW VLADIMIR PUTIN

By David B. Rivkin and Lee A. Casey, Baker Hostetler LLP and Foundation for the

Defense of Democracies

http://www.defenddemocracy.org/media-hit/david-b-rivkin-jr-the-outlaw-vladimir-

putin/

Both authors served in the Reagan and G. H. W. Bush administrations in the Justice Department and are now partners in the D.C.-based Baker Hosteller law firm. Mr. Rivkin is a senior adviser to the Foundation for the Defense of Democracies.

This timely article challenges Russia's "legal and institutional" justifications for its annexation of the Crimea and its provocative role in undermining Ukrainian authority in Eastern Ukraine. The authors enumerate three specific requirements Russia hopes to impose on Ukraine and then explain why each requirement, if undertaken, will be a severely weaken Ukrainian sovereignty, resulting in the "Finlandization" of Ukraine.

The authors also point out Russia's specific...