Tag: Minsk accords

Even before the election of Donald Trump, the West’s unity against Russian aggression was starting to break

LIVE UPDATES: US Secretary of State John Kerry and Russian President Vladimir Putin met in Moscow today to discuss the wars in Syria and Ukraine. Welcome to our column, Russia Update, where we will be closely following day-to-day developments in Russia, including the Russian government’s foreign and domestic policies. The previous issue is here. Recent […]

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Staunton, January 23 – The first impulse of Western leaders whenever there is a crisis is to seek negotiations on the principle that it is better to talk than to fight, but sometimes in their rush to find common ground, these leaders make the problem worse because their willingness to talk about a conflict has […]