Six months of those kind of sanctions could cause absolutely everything to collapse in Russia, including a lot of those same unsecured nuclear weapons that have terrified the world in the last week. … (View Post)

Some very funny replies on there. "Thankyou for not being antisemitic for the first time in your life"...."Has this official account been hacked ?" "Mahmoud, how long do you … (View Post)

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)