Russia update: Dec 9, 2014 Sanctions...?? What sanctions...??

"Having created a rift among the NATO allies by negotiating a major gas deal with the Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Putin believes that he is now able to drive the point home to the warmongering policy-makers in Washington, London and Brussels that major disagreements on policy toward Russia also exist within the European Union. In other words, he sees Hollande's visit as amajor crack in the edifice of the EU's punitive actions against Russia."

- Sott

http://www.sott.net/article/289949-The-Putin-Hollande-meeting-Why-was-Putin-in-such-a-good-mood

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