Yes, while regime change would be welcome it would likely herald just more of the same - though I’m sure many of us would prefer a Gorbachev type replacement.
Whilst it was a negative scenario it was nonetheless realistic and plausible. There will probably be some Ukrainians who would accept giving up the occupied territories or ceding it as a DMZ - after all, much of the housing and infrastructure is just rubble and the countryside littered with...
I don’t have his email address but their London embassy is secretariat@rusemb.org.uk or, for foreign policy queries it’s foreignpolicy@rusemb.org.uk. They also have separate email addresses for queries on economic affairs, press and bilateral affairs queries. But don’t count on your messages...
I was caught up in that shambles on Sunday night. It turned into a quite dangerous situation where you had more than 200 rail passengers arrive at 3 bridges expecting ( as we were told) buses to take us to our onward destinations south. There were no buses awaiting us. We waited 30 minutes for a...
I guess the further east you are - and therefore nearer to the front line- the more concerned you’ll be about the likelihood of threat to your own country. But still disappointed at the lack of visible support for Ukraine that you saw in Amsterdam