Putin’s Forever War
Putin’s Forever War Vladimir Putin wants to lead Russians into a civilizational conflict with the West far larger than Ukraine.
Will they follow him? By Roger CohenPhotographs by Nanna HeitmannRoger Cohen and Nanna Heitmann traveled from Moscow to Siberia to Russia’s border with Ukraine to report and photograph this article.Aug.
6, 2023 Through towering pine forests and untouched meadows, the road to Lake Baikal in southern Siberia winds past cemeteries where bright plastic flowers mark the graves of Russians killed in Ukraine.
Far from the Potemkin paradise of Moscow, the war is ever visible. On the eastern shore of the lake, where white-winged gulls plunge into the steel-blue water, Yulia Rolikova, 35, runs an inn that doubles as a children’s summer camp.
