After the long negotiations in Minsk, Putin has managed to keep all that he has already grabbed in Ukraine, including Crimea ! Of course he would dearly like to be free of the "Sanctions" imposed by the West which still remain in place, but...
The Sanctions are biting, the Rouble is crumbling and the shops in Russia have few Western products !
He has never admitted that there are Russian soldiers in Eastern Ukraine or that there are Russian armaments there as well ! Russia is not guilty of fighting a war against Ukraine, even if photographic evidence proves the contrary !
Who pays the wages of the Russian Rebels or Russian Volunteers and also the foreign Merceneries ? It certainly is not the Government of Ukraine or President Poroshenko !Russian Armaments have often been photographed entering Ukraine, even this week while negotiations were going on in Minsk. Whom does Russia invoice for these military weapons ? Or are they only being loaned ?
Putin has Russian feet on the ground in Ukraine and will not budge ! He does not need a truce to stop the fighting ! The cost of the war is doing no good to the Russian Rouble but for the time being his reputation is still intact inside Russia becaused he has gagged the Press !
Hillary Clinton is reported as saying that the USA and Europe must keep up the pressure on Russia because Putin still has dreams of restoring the Grand Russia which resulted from the post World War 2 Peace Conferences in 1945 !
She is absolutely right !
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