DABERIAM XCIV

Looking back over the last four weeks, there are probably two sickening political game changers - the shooting down of the Russian jet over Egypt and the horrific events in Paris last weekend. The attack on the Russian plane, full of tourists, has dramatically changed the tone of relationships between East and West...

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DABERIAM LXXXII

My last note mentioned the Ukraine situation as being exceedingly dangerous. The country dissolved into chaos that had partly come about as a result of the EU offering to let them join, and then encouraging dissent when the President had vetoed the idea...

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