As the sun rose over Eastern Europe just before the invasion two new countries began “life”. Sort of. These little gangster republics, The People’s Republic of Donetsk and The People’s Republic of Luhansk as “countries” are only recognised by each other and Russia just before the invasion. “People’s Republic” is almost as hilarious as “Democratic People’s Republic” as signifying the furthest point from either republican governments or democracy. They are the latest in a number of “fake states” in the former USSR. Putin has a rolodex full of them because he made them. Their production is one of…