Warming to Russia

Improving ties: Putin bowing in front of an icon of Virgin Mary during his visit to the church of the Protaton in Karyes on Mount Athos, Greece, in May, his first to the EU since December. The EU is hoping to improve relations with Moscow although sanctions are still in force. — AFP

Even as Western sanctions are often said to work on Russia, Russian sanctions on Europe are proving to be even more effective.

AS the US presidential campaign grinds on, Donald Trump continues to be chastised and condemned for allegedly being “unfit to be president.”