Kristof, whose father grew up in the village of Karapchiv, made the case in a Sunday column that western cultural influences -- and more specifically, movie stars and singers, including a certain 24-year-old chanteuse who operates out of Nashville -- might have something to say about what ultimately happens there.
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Kristof's most memorable line, though — spoiler alert — elevates the Nashville singer's status, um, substantially.
"In the battle between Putin and Taylor Swift," he writes, "I bet on Swift."
