Following the failure of negotiations on Ukraine, the Kremlin's attitude should be viewed through the prism of its fears and obsessions. ‘I consider Russians and Ukrainians to be one people. In this sense, all of Ukraine is ours,’ Vladimir Putin declared on 20 June at the St Petersburg Economic Forum. This statement marked the end of a period that began with Donald Trump's taking office in the White House. That moment had represented a long-awaited prospect of peace for U...Lire la suite