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This is the latest manifestation of the renewed emboldenment and entitlement that Putin has, as a direct result of Trump's isolationism. Fortunately, Germany is taking the threat of Russia very seriously, and is re-militarising.

It might be a wait though. Putin likes to get his revenge when things have calmed down a bit. Think how long it took him to kill Prigozhin after his aborted coup. They then allegedly had 30 face-to-face meetings before Putin had him killed.

Survivors will be awarded an additional medal.

Was it accidental, or did Markov mean to do it?

This needs to happen more.

Trust the process. It is what it is. We are Bright-on, no more.

Well said Pistorius. It's good to see a politician be so honest about Trump, who has achieved nothing and has very probably made things worse.

How do you know she has 'undoubtedly learnt her lesson'? Given her campaign for a lighter sentence, and her appeal, it would seem she doesn't accept the gravity of her offence.

If she has a 12 year old daughter, and the death of small children upsets her unduly (?), then the judge is correct to say that the offence was worse than the average 'incitement to riot'. Even in spite of these claimed mitigating circumstances, she committed the offence for 3 hours.

That's the calibre of the people who are on her side. Boom, boom.

'Those on her side are saying that 31 months is excessive for an offence that lasted 3 hours' Are they arguing that 3 hours was too long or too short? What is the optimum length of time the offence should have taken to commit, for them to agree that 31 months was about right?

This is so important. Wean Europe off all Russian oil and gas products. And impose the harshest of secondary sanctions on nations who still flout the primary sanctions. It won't stop Russian belligerence in the future, but it will act as a brake on their imperial ambitions. Starve Russia of...

No. Absolutely nothing has changed. That was also the conclusion that Steve Rosenberg reached in his BBC report. But the tone and the spirit of the conversation was excellent though......

Just as the Trump - Putin talks are due to start, take a look at this.

Having said that, if Putin is stalling for time (which we know is what he is doing), then what does he think is going to happen that will change things on the military and economic fronts? I confess I'm struggling with this one....

Do you want to enter a race to see who can make the most effective threats? Perhaps it is something to do with a sense of doing the right thing. Retaining the moral upper ground, trying to tame him by persuasion and not command. And maybe a belief in the human spirit - that ordinary Russians...

I reckon he'll swerve the phone call, and announce he's going to phone Zelensky instead.

Has anyone told Trump about this? He's got his phone call with Putin at 3pm.

If you think moving the Palestinians to Libya could go badly, or just picking a fight with Springsteen wasn't a good idea, consider that at 3pm this man is due to phone Putin in an attempt to stop the war in Ukraine. What could possibly go wrong?