Lavrov is all over the place, setting the agenda left, right and centre. I can see the key outlines of a deal - no missiles stationed in Ukraine, no NATO, but all troops out, full recognition of the … (View Post)

I don't see the West issuing any nuclear ultimatums at the moment, which I think is sensible. That would only come if Russia made a threat against NATO countries distinct from a threat about mil… (View Post)

Interesting stuff from Kassianov, Putn's former PM, on R4 Today. He thinks that the indications that Germans may soon stop buying gas, as the last lifeline of foreign exchange, may bring about t… (View Post)

BREAKING: BBC reports that the local government body in the Gagarinsky District of Moscow has called Russia's invasion of Ukraine a 'disaster' that is leading to the 'impoverishme… (View Post)

He's lost authority. Lavrov ruled it out. Increasingly public signs of dissent. China out. I don't think so. (View Post)