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In Istanbul, Russia plays chess while the West is stuck in make-believe

The war can only end on Moscow’s terms. The West’s inability to accept this harsh reality keeps Ukraine bleeding.

Leonid Ragozin

The Russian president is quite close to drawing a thick red line in Eastern Europe that the West will have to respect.

Trump, Zelenskyy and the Europeans are desperately trying to deliver the bitter truth to the public and evade blame.

Those who set it on a path to full-scale war with Russia did.

US securocrats pushed for expansionist policies in the 1990s that set the West and Russia on a path of confrontation.