Useful thread
@anneapplebaum Galeotti starts by saying he "really isn't sure what to make of ..."; so, best is not to go on about it from pure speculation, IMHO. W/o further info, ...
@anneapplebaum Sometimes the purpose of publishing information, rather than a service to the public, can be to comunicate back to the source that you have the information or to disarm and prevent the situation by making it publicly known. Problem is that it can erode confidence in the long run.
@anneapplebaum "I don't know and have no idea what intelligence this is all based on" doesn't seem so useful.
@anneapplebaum I don't think we're really talking about a coup, but about an "interrim unity government" formed after Russian invasion and under Russian occupation. Like happened in Crimea. Think Quisling, not Yanukovych.