Tag: US Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel

NATO Moves Not Economic Sanctions Behind Putin’s Tactical Shift on Ukraine, Illarionov Says

June 9, 2014

Staunton, June 9 – Vladimir Putin has met two of the West’s demands concerning Ukraine — recognition of the presidential elections there and a pullback of Russian forces from the border – but he will stop backing the secessionists only if they win, the Ukrainian army defeats them, or he recognizes that he is creating […]