Russia's War Against Ukraine
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Paul Roderick Gregory: Berlin and Washington – the political battles that could decide Ukraine’s fate
German Chancellor Angela Merkel is apparently fed up with Vladimir Putin. The most frequent conversant with Putin among the Western leaders, Merkel has purportedly decided that the Kremlin chief cannot be trusted and that a near-term political solution of the Ukraine crisis is not in the cards. After Brisbane, Merkel decided to stick with sanctions and make it clear to Putin publicly exactly how his conduct is viewed in the West and what is at stake. The West must speak Klartext to a negotiating partner who "lives in another world."