Leon Aron is a senior fellow at the American Enterprise Institute. His most recent book is Riding the Tiger: Vladimir Putin’s Russia and the Uses of War.
The Russian regime is detaining children who express opposition to his invasion of Ukraine.
The ideology of the Putin regime is hardly less toxic and is perhaps more incendiary than communist totalitarianism.
He should beware of the mysterious pull to befriend or even change Russia by proffers of goodwill.