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17 February 2016

Russia seeks to blackmail the West with the threat of escalating eastern Ukraine conflict

Drawing conclusions following the end of the Munich Security Conference 2016

 

At this year's Munich Security Conference Russian Prime Minister Dimitry Medvedev accused the West of rekindling the Cold War.

US Secretary of State John Kerry hits back. He says Russia's continued backing of separatist forces in east Ukraine is "defying the will of the international community."

Ukraine, as ever, finds itself in the middle of a wider geo-political struggle. What's next for the eastern European nation?

Professor Oleksiy Haran joined us in the Viewpoint studio to answer that very question.

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