Putin’s red line

Vladimir Putin has used the analogy of lakhsman rekha should the Western powers cross the limit of what he calls the “red line”, saying such a move would trigger an “asymmetrical, rapid and harsh” response from the Kremlin. Though he has not spelt out the details, there is little doubt that tension with the West, including the United States across the Atlantic, has escalated over Moscow’s expansionist designs in Ukraine and the imprisonment of the dissident, Alexei Navalny. (Read More)