Tsarizm
Russia is facing a choice – endless negotiations with the United States or a conflict with Western-backed Ukraine. The US seems to be ready for both options, but the Kremlin appears to be indecisive.
Although in December Moscow issued an “ultimatum” to Washington, demanding legally binding guarantees that Ukraine and Georgia will never join NATO, to this day the Kremlin has not taken any practical steps to prevent its neighbors from developing close ties with the US-led Alliance. Russia has been deploying troops and military equipment to its Western regions, and also to Belarus, but such actions do not seem to worry Ukraine and its Western backers…
