Tag: Vladimir Putin
Russia’s red lines
In his annual address to the nation, Russian President Vladimir Putin reminded his citizens and the world, in fact, that Russia has red lines when it comes to foreign policy interests. And those red lines need to be taken seriously. And there lays the problem – the West refuses to acknowledge Russia has its own national interests. …
Putin’s Ukrainian Judo
A terrible war is about to erupt on Russia’s border with the Ukraine—or not—but there is some likelihood of a significant number of people getting killed before project Ukraine is finally over. Given that around 13 thousand people have been killed over the past seven years—the civil war in the Donbass region of eastern Ukraine has gone on for that long!—this is no laughing matter. …