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The Kremlin has been left stunned after a former key ally has said it is planning to quit a Russian-backed military alliance. The Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) is Russia 's version of NATO, whose members are mostly former Soviet states.
MICHAEL KIMMAGE is Professor of History at the Catholic University of America. He is the author of Collisions: The Origins of the War in Ukraine and the New Global Instability.
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President Trump has effectively handed Vladimir Putin an extraordinary green light: 50 days to finish off his brutal summer offensive in Ukraine before facing any consequences.