Putin's Diplomatic Gambit

andrey purgin, conditions, country, crisis, defense committee, defense minister sergei shoigu, dialogue, didier burkhalter, dmitry peskov, donetsk people, eastern europe, eastern ukrainians, eliminating russia, expect putin, forces, foreign minister sergei lavrov, general philip breedlove, hegemony risks, interior minister vladimir kolokoltsev, it wants, itar tass, kiev, may, national security, nato, o. it, on monday, on wednesday, president vladimir putin, press secretary, prime minister dmitry medvedev, progressive radio network, progressive radio news hour, putin, russia, secretary general anders fogh rasmussen, security, security council, sergei naryshkin, southeast, stephen lendman, stephen lendman putin, swiss president, thursday, trade act, ukraine, ukrainian, valentina matviyenko, vasily nikitin, wants, washington, white house office