From Munich to Sochi

... Club meeting in Sochi evoked a strong, and somewhat contradictory, reaction from both Russian and foreign observers. It was an extremely frank speech that touched upon a... ... Russian leader had lost all hope of re-establishing any kind of a dialogue with the West, while others scanned the President’s words for signs that the country’s... ... start thinking about the creation of a new global security architecture, and a new world order in general. For some, Putin’s Munich Speech came as a complete surprise...