Russia's War Against Ukraine
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David Patrikarakos: Why is Putin smiling about Ukraine? In Kyiv, everybody knows
Belarus' President Alexander Lukashenko (R) welcomes his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin at the presidential residence in Minsk on February 11, 2015
The talks that ended Feb. 12 in Minsk between German Chancellor Angela Merkel, French President François Hollande, Russian President Vladimir Putin, and Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko would, on the face of it, seem to have brought some relief to this beleaguered country.
