invading another country and russia might start invading another countries as well, so it is an absolutely fundamental principle of international order that is at stake. so it s far more than ukraine. we care about ukraine but it is far more than ukraine that is at stake. sergey radchenko, you are russian born and you can obviously don t speak for the russian government but you can give us some insights perhaps into the russian s perspective on this. what do you read into the russian build up of troops? is itjust posturing, trying to blackmail the west or is there real danger there, do you think? i mean, i think putin is not adversed to brinkmanship. i think he does engage in brinkmanship. but i would not say that he is bluffing. you ve got a massive build up of military sources and it s you ve got a massive build up of military forces and it s like anton chekhov said, if in act one, you have a gun on the stage, in act three, it is bound to go off so i would not underestimate
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some insights perhaps into the russian s perspective on this. what do you read into the russian build up of troops? is itjust posturing, trying to blackmail the west or is there real danger there, do you think? i mean, i think putin is not adversed to brinkmanship. i think he does engage in brinkmanship. but i would not say that he is bluffing. you ve got a massive build up of military sources and it s like anton chekhov said, if in act one, you have a gun on the stage, in act three, it is bound to go off so i would not underestimate what we re seeing now with russia but that said, i would say that putin has not made up his mind. i do not think he has made up his mind. i think he is shopping for various possibilities. he is trying to see whether concessions may be made, whether he may be able to get his way somewhere so i think that actually allows opportunity to engage in diplomacy and we should be
so it s an absolutely fundamental principle of international order that is at stake. so it s far more than ukraine. we care about ukraine, but it s far more than ukraine that is at stake. sergey radchenko, you re russian born and you can obviously don t speak for the russian government but you can give us some insights perhaps into the russians perspective on this. what do you read into the russian build up of troops? is itjust posturing and trying to blackmail the west or is there real danger there, do you think? i mean, i think putin is not adversed to brinkmanship. i think he does engage in brinkmanship. but i would not say that he s bluffing. you ve got a massive build up of military forces and it s like anton chekhov said. from act one, you have a gun on the stage, in act three, it is bound to go off. so i would not underestimate what we re seeing now with russia, but that said, i would say that putin has not made up his mind.
into the russians perspective on this. what do you read into the russian build up of troops? is itjust posturing and trying to blackmail the west or is there real danger there, do you think? i mean, i think putin is not adversed to brinkmanship. i think he does engage in brinkmanship. but i would not say that he s bluffing. you ve got a massive build up of military forces and it s like anton chekhov said. from act one, you have a gun on the stage, in act three, it is bound to go off. so i would not underestimate what we re seeing now with russia, but that said, i would say that putin has not made up his mind. i don t think he has made up his mind. i think he is shopping for various possibilities. he s trying to see whether concessions may be made, whether he may be able to get his way somewhere so i think that actually allows opportunity to engage in diplomacy and we should be engaging in diplomacy and we should try diplomacy until the very, very end.