Russian roulette: Putin breaks global norms. But economic costs of any further escalation will be big for everyone

Russian President Vladimir Putin’s decision to recognise the independence of two separatist areas of Ukraine’s eastern Donbass region – Donetsk and Luhansk – has ratcheted up tensions in Europe and set a dangerous precedent. Russian-speaking...

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