So much for for the "all-powerful" Putin whose thunder makes the earth quake.
President Vladimir V. Putin said Monday that he would scrap Russia’s South Stream gas pipeline, a grandiose project that was once intended to establish the country’s dominance in southeastern Europe but instead fell victim to Russia’s increasingly toxic relationship with the West.
It was a rare diplomatic defeat for Mr. Putin, who said Russia would redirect the pipeline to Turkey. He painted the failure to build the pipeline as a loss for Europe and blamed Brussels for its intransigence.
And so much for the always weak Barack Obama...
The decision also seemed to be a rare victory for the European Union and the Obama administration, which have appeared largely impotent this year as Mr. Putin annexed Crimea and stirred rebellion in eastern Ukraine.
As I have stated previously, the long run will not be kind to Vladimir Putin. This is the first of many examples.
1 comment:
Huh,
So you claim a 'so much for' a 'powerful Putin' and a 'weak Obama' while at the same time describing this as a 'rare victory' and 'largely impotent'.
Perhaps you can get a little more track record there before calling the game.
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