It is still difficult to figure out what sorts of conclusions President Vladimir Putin drew from the long meeting he held with US Secretary of State John Kerry two weeks ago (May 12), in Sochi (see EDM, May 19). But the recent behavior of top Russian officials betrays much apparent anxiety and even nervousness about the future in the halls of power in Moscow. Last week, the Russian government had implemented a concerted effort aimed at discrediting the European Union’s May 21–22 Eastern Partnership (EaP) summit in Riga; and there was much speculation about Armenia’s and Belarus’s objections to the …read more
Source: The Jamestown Foundation