The Minsk agreement in itself will not bring peace, unless we learn how to manage the enigmatic Vladimir PutinThe Ukraine ceasefire agreement reached after laborious negotiations in Minsk this week may or may not last. Unfortunately, we can be sure of one thing: it will not in itself lead to a real peace. The objectives of Russia, Ukraine, the separatists, the Europeans and the Americans are so divergent they are impossible to reconcile. The reduction in the level of violence if a ceasefire even half holds was of course worth pursuing, in spite of the agreement being deficient in other …read more
Source: The Guardian
