Russia has been left isolated by the West
Instead Moscow and Washington are at odds again
So Putin is looking for a U.S. alliance over Syria
On Sept. 30, the autumn session of Russia’s upper house of parliament was set to open with a grim docket. Next year’s budget had to be slashed and investments frozen if the Russian economy was to survive a sharp drop in global oil prices and the corrosive effect of Western sanctions. No doubt it would have been a dreary day if President Vladimir Putin had not sent his chief of staff to put a new item on …read more
Source: Time
