New York Times 21/04/2014
QUOTATION OF THE DAY
"If
you just stand there, be confident and raise the cost gradually and
increasingly to Russia, that doesn't solve your Crimea problem and it probably
doesn't solve your eastern Ukraine problem. But it may solve your Russia
problem."
IVO H. DAALDER,
a former American ambassador to NATO, on one potential approach President Obama
could take with President Vladimir V. Putin. The East Rises Up Against Separatism
Last month, this quote caught my attention in the NY Times. I had written in my blog prior to this that the only chance Ukraine had was if the businessmen in Russia and Eastern Ukraine felt the pain of sanctions and took up positions against Putin's actions.
