Who and how in Russia makes decisions that determine the fate of a 140 millionth country Photo: Victor Velikzhanin/ITAR-TASS In early August, President Vladimir Putin forbade the import of a number of European and American food products into Russia: this is how the country responded to the third wave of Western sanctions against domestic banks and financial institutions.

The leaders of NATO countries will gather on September 4 in Cardiff (Wales) in an atmosphere as close as possible to the combat: the war in the southeast of the continent is gaining momentum and more and more concerns not only Russia and Ukraine-it is time to do something. But what? NATO Secretary General Anders Fogg Rasmussen at a press conference in Brussels.