By Woodrow W. Clark II and Dimitri Elkin (*) On June 22, 2015, the European Union voted to extend Russia sanctions for six months. Two days later, Russia retaliated, extending counter-measures that include a broad ban on European and American food imports for twelve months. The new round of this “tit-for-tat” strategy was surrounded by self-righteous posturing on both sides. The West blamed Russia for failing to live up to the Minsk 2 accords designed to bring peace to the Eastern Ukraine. And the Russian Foreign Ministry noted that the European sanctions were passed on the same date when the …read more
Source: The Huffington Post
