More Keith Gessen: The future, Ovechkin, Putin's face, and good Twitter users

Hi, welcome back to our ongoing interview series with international correspondent Keith Gessen, who is also my husband, as you know. Let's get right into it.

Emily: Keith, hi!  A lot has happened since last we talked (in this format).  While I won't ask you to speculate about what's next, I do wonder what, if anything, you feel like you've learned in the past week and whether it's changed the way you're thinking about the (immediate) future. In very broad strokes please! The "three bullet points" thing was good last time.

Keith:

1. In 2014, the Ukrainian military put up no resistance at all in Crimea, and it took them months to mount a compelling response to the Russian mercenary incursion into Eastern Ukraine. This time, the military is fighting, and regular people are fighting, and it's really incredible. There had been some public opinion data that indicated people were more willing to fight, but to be honest I didn't believe it. I believe it now.