Russia’s Road Back Runs Through Berlin

Back-channel negotiations show that Germany, not the U.S., will determine the terms of Russia's postwar reintegration.

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By Andrew Ryvkin Since Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, the media has focused more on Russia’s negotiations with the United States than with the European Union. The White House, regardless of its occupant, has been portrayed as the Kremlin’s only Western counterpart in this war. But that view is more reminiscent of the Cold War […]

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