US-Russia talks on Ukraine, border soldiers and diplomacy: Putin’s chess game

The week of intense negotiations – the Strategic Stability Dialogue in Geneva, the NATO-Russia Council in Brussels and the Osce Summit in Vienna – has not yet begun, but Russian President Vladimir Putin has already scored a success: getting full attention. by Joe Biden. Six months after the first face-to-face in Geneva, the two leaders held a new virtual summit on 7 December and had a nearly one-hour phone call on the 30th which led to talks opening today.