Western sanctions are harming the Russian economy, but that doesn’t mean they will achieve anything the West wants in Ukraine. The Minsk ceasefire agreement benefits Russia much more than Ukraine, forcing Kiev to make political concessions while giving Moscow free rein on Ukraine’s eastern borders and in Crimea. Russia has no incentive to break the ceasefire, with or without sanctions.
Meanwhile no one has said what Russia has to do to lift the sanctions. President Barack Obama last week urged Russia to take “the path of diplomacy and peace.” But we don’t know exactly where that path …read more
Source: The Huffington Post
