While Moscow appears publicly defiant, behind the scenes there are efforts to find a way out of the crisisAn angry claim by Sergei Ryabkov, Russia’s deputy foreign minister, that the US and its allies are plotting regime change in Russia is further evidence that the east-west standoff over Ukraine is hardening. But the public rhetoric does not entirely square with behind-the-scenes manoeuvring to find a way out of the crisis.“It is hardly a secret that the goal of the sanctions is to create social and economic conditions to carry out a change of power in Russia,” Ryabkov told Russia’s parliament …read more
Source: The Guardian
