Eyewitness: Moscow
Published Date:
04 July 2008
By Andrei Piontkovsky
RUSSIA and the West are losing each other yet again. The magnetic attraction and repulsion between the two has been going on for centuries. Indeed, historians have counted as many as 25 such cycles since the reign of Tsar Ivan III in the 15th century.
In the past, however, Russia's sharp anti-western turns were reversed – usually out of simple necessity – after relations reached rock bottom. Not this time. On the contrary, the deterioration of the relationship has developed a momentum of its own.
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The full article contains 578 words and appears in The Scotsman newspaper.
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Last Updated:
03 July 2008 8:47 PM
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Source:
The Scotsman
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Location:
Edinburgh
