My advice to Theresa May as a former ambassador to Russia

How to deal with Vladimir Putin - my advice to Theresa May as a former ambassador to Russia

The poisoning of Alexander Litvinenko, the occupation of Crimea, Russia's proxy war in eastern Ukraine, sanctions, Russia's support for the regime of Bashar al-Assad, Russia's indiscriminate bombing of civilians in Syria.

Plenty on May's plate in regard to Putin and Russia.



Mrs May told Vladimir Putin it would not be "business as usual" between the two nations

Simpleχity;1066277574 said:

How to deal with Vladimir Putin - my advice to Theresa May as a former ambassador to Russia

The poisoning of Alexander Litvinenko, the occupation of Crimea, Russia's proxy war in eastern Ukraine, sanctions, Russia's support for the regime of Bashar al-Assad, Russia's indiscriminate bombing of civilians in Syria.

Plenty on May's plate in regard to Putin and Russia.

Mrs May told Vladimir Putin it would not be "business as usual" between the two nations

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I agree that she probably knows the enemy, when she sees Putin. But I strongly doubt that there is much to do about the relationship between Russia and NATO, unless Putin drops the aggression. At this moment not even the Germans can argue it away before their population, though, they would really like to. It is just too obvious that Putin has committed many acts normally considered crimes against humanity or of war directly or by directly supporting the perpetrators. There is none but disreputable ways around that.

Also, Putin and Xi are not the problem. They are only bit actors in the Great Game that is unfolding. Each is playing his role in a game whose rules define an approaching war. Who will pull the trigger is very unclear as of now and it is more than likely that the final escalation will not be by these players directly.

But May knows all this and has her own game to optimize. That is probably more on the EU front and has to do with damage control of recent EU activities.