At the 2014 G20 summit in Brisbane,the Russian president was browbeaten by western leaders. But now they know they need himWhat a incompatibility a war makes. Twelve months ago, Vladimir Putin was on the menu at the G20 summit in Brisbane. Western leaders queued up hungrily for a piece of Russia’s president following his armed intervention in Ukraine and illegal annexation of Crimea.
Barack Obama warned Putin he was isolated internationally; David Cameron said he did not trust the Russian leader; Stephen Harper, and Canada’s then prime minister,told Putin bluntly: “salvage out of Ukraine.”Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com