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Playing chicken with Vladimir Putin

The only way to stop Russia's escalating displays of aggression is to show western strength

29 November 2014

9:00 AM

29 November 2014

9:00 AM

An official end to the Cold War was declared at a summit between President George H. Bush and Mikhail Gorbachev on a Soviet cruise ship moored at Malta on 2 December 1989. It is only a matter of time before western governments will have to admit that it has recommenced.

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