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26:08Now PlayingThe Russian president "is not a gambler," says Fyodor Lukyanov, a Russian foreign policy expert based in Moscow.
"He is a very calculated player and he is very much aware about all dangers ... about the relationship between nuclear superpowers."
Conflict Zone host Tim Sebastian asked Lukyanov if the military build-up on Ukraine’s border was really about attention seeking.
"This is not a Ukrainian issue, this is an issue about how European security has been arranged after the Cold War," Lukyanov said.
"And unfortunately, at the end of the day, Russian leadership, as I read it, understood that the only way to get attention, to launch a discussion, is to demonstrate force."
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