With temperatures in Europe, and especially Ukraine around or below zero, the cutting off of gas supplies is leading to misery and will almost certainly end in deaths. Rather than analyse the Russian motivations for this tactic, I would first call on readers to simply observe a moment or two of silence for those affected. Perhaps, in this way, we can achieve some clarity about our role in this crisis and what we can do to change it.

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