The Kremlin is preparing for the Normandy Four Summit as best it can. Shelling on the demarcation line has not stopped. The “DNR parliament” has just “voted a law” recognizing the borders of Ukraine’s Donetsk Oblast as its own borders, thus enveloping the entire region. Speaker of the Russian State Duma Viacheslav Volodin has warned that several more regions might soon break away from Ukraine. And Vladimir Putin himself accuses Ukraine of non-constructive decisions in gas negotiations.
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The full moon rises behind one of the Kremlin ruby stars in Moscow on March 1, 2018.
