The Russian bear cannot be tamed with more food

There is little doubt that in 2014 Vladimir Putin felt insulted when then-President Barack Obama described Russia as merely “a regional power that is threatening some of its immediate neighbours, not out of strength but out of weakness.” Yet 11 years later, and three years on from Putin’s attempted full invasion of Ukraine, Obama’s comment […]
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