Chaos and Play without Rules: On the Current Crisis of Confidence in Trust in Relations between Russia and the West

... internal integration and internal cleavages, on the contrary, aggravates it. The result is a conflict of narratives and a crisis of confidence both inside and outside the state. And it is precisely this that has caused the political crisis in Ukraine. Crisis of Confidence or the Ukrainian Crisis: Which Came First? The Ukrainian crisis has had serious repercussions for Russia’s relations with the European Union and the United States. Thus, on September 30, 2014 the U.S. Ambassador to Germany Peter Wittig declared that Vladimir ...