I can't see us forsaking economic co-operation. People in Russia are the same as people in the West, we know that because we holiday there and they holiday (and buy property) over here. The old stereotypes that frightened lots of the population into believing a nuclear holocaust was imminent...
That's what those with a vested interest in keeping you fearful would have you believe.
It's far more likely that the economic deterrent is in play. In spite of the bellicose rhetoric in which some countries indulge, the civilised world is inextricably intertwined through it's trading...
Well if that's your one eyed view of their agreement to sign the nuclear non-proliferation treaty that's up to you. We're both in a club that includes America, they have more than enough nuclear weapons to assure MAD (if that's still the current loopy theory being bought into; the economic...