How Russia changed its mind about alignment with the West
This article from the Washington Post dates back to 1999. Why didn’t the Russian Federation align itself with the West following the collapse of the USSR? Answer: They did. For eight years, they were gradually nudging closer to the West. And then, in 1999, the US decided to bomb Serbia without even informing the Russians, while Primakov ( Russian Prime Minister) was literally in the air on his way to a summit to discuss this very issue. Primakov got the…