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MOSCOW told Washington to end its foreign policy of “sanctions diktat” yesterday after 755 US embassy staff were sent packing.
Russian presidential spokesman Dmitry Peskov said that Washington must find the “political will to improve relations” between the two powers, further fouled by allegations of Russian efforts to influence 2016’s US presidential election.
Before his election US President Donald Trump voiced his wish for detente with Russia and since has sought collusion over a ceasefire in Syria and wider matters — yet is reported to be intending to sign off tougher sanctions over Russia’s annexation of Crimea and the claimed election meddling.
International solidarity can ensure that Trump and his machine cannot prevail without a level of political and economic cost that he will not want to pay, argues CLAUDIA WEBBE
In Washington, the willingness to accept an open war with Russia is growing — at Europe’s expense. While Nato states are being drawn into confrontation, Europe risks becoming the battlefield of a potential world war, warns SEVIM DAGDELEN
