Peter Hitchens is very shortsighted. Disillusionment with the West in recent times does not warrant siding with Putin: someone who pays lipservice to faith and values that we have abandoned (but are slowly returning to) but whose ultimate intention is to revive Cold War realities.
Hitchens is not part of the anti-Russia crusade and he constantly wonders what the real reason behind all the animus is.........
Russia is fighting the same kind of folks who terrorized the USA on 9/11 is what Mr. Hitchens is pointing out.