Slavoj Žižek: *We must stop letting Russia define the terms of the Ukraine crisis.*

*Yes, the liberal west is hypocritical, applying its high standards very selectively. But hypocrisy means you violate the standards you proclaim, and in this way you open yourself up to inherent criticism – when we criticize the liberal west, we use its own standards. … And the only way to defend what is worth saving in our liberal tradition is to ruthlessly insist on its universality.*