The Gloves Are Off: Russian & Global South Edition

When the world leaders tell us they are not interested in peace, we should listen

Russia

Obviously, Russia had already sort of given up on diplomacy when it made explicit demands for Ukraine to formally be banned from ever entering NATO. Would that have avoided the war? Probably not. But the West ignoring the demands and later admitting the Minsk accord was a sham made it worse.

In no particular order, here are a few of the recent mov…