The fall of communism was the perfect time to start building trust. The Russians foolishly trusted the west. Look up the astonishing policies initiated by 'har

The fall of communism was the perfect time to start building trust. The Russians foolishly trusted the west. Look up the astonishing policies initiated by 'harvard economists' in association with the usual suspects IMF and World Bank that directly led to the loot of hundreds of billions of dollars of Russian state assets and the rise of the oligarchy to understand how obsessive self interest and sabotage operate. Putin exists for a reason. 'Trust' is a naive to dangerous idea in this context. No one is a doe eyed innocent upholding some moral high ground in international politics, people who affect that should be treated with extreme suspicion.