Russia and the West - Back to Basics
By Jonathan Eyal
7 Jun 2007
Relations between Russia and the West are set to cool even further as a result of the recent British decision to charge a Russian citizen with the murder in London last November of Aleksander Litvinenko, the former Russian spy who became a British citizen. But in many respects, the dispute surrounding the Litvinenko murder is the least important development. For the defiance with which the West is confronted at the moment goes far deeper: stripped of niceties and obfuscations, it amounts to nothing less than a Russian attempt to overthrow some of the key elements of the post-Cold War settlement in Europe.
7 Jun 2007
Relations between Russia and the West are set to cool even further as a result of the recent British decision to charge a Russian citizen with the murder in London last November of Aleksander Litvinenko, the former Russian spy who became a British citizen. But in many respects, the dispute surrounding the Litvinenko murder is the least important development. For the defiance with which the West is confronted at the moment goes far deeper: stripped of niceties and obfuscations, it amounts to nothing less than a Russian attempt to overthrow some of the key elements of the post-Cold War settlement in Europe.
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