
“A week ago, many American journalists asked me at the Galifax forum: tell me, but there is an opinion that from the point of view of specific measures, Trump was tougher towards Putin in Ukraine than Obama,” writes the economist and politician on his Facebook page.
“To which I answered them: unfortunately, soon, I think, there will be a new situation of real confrontation, and here we will check whose rigidity is longer. My personal forecast and without a centimeter in my hands is clear.
Unfortunately, I did not think that I would have to check so quickly. For those who do not quite understand what it is about: Putin is actually trying to deprive the Azov Sea of International Status by a couple of shots, assigning it to himself. It is unprecedented if there is no reaction to this. But, I think, it will not be, like the hashoggi. The "most successful administration in history" will swallow.