In this photo from 2003, Russian President Vladimir Putin, right, speaks with then-prime minister Jean Chretien during a bi-lateral meeting at the Hotel Royal in Evian, France, during a G8 summit.(AP Photo/Misha Japaridze)
The West and Russia are locked in a tense and bitter stand-off, as if the Cold War has been revived. The Crimea Peninsula remains under Russian control and fighting continues in eastern Ukraine with pro-Russia rebels, while American, British and Canadian soldiers are training Ukrainian forces.
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And so into this moment of international drama and danger walks Jean Chrétien. The InterAction Council, an …read more
Source: Macleans
