Russia may finally have a pretext for bailing out on Ukrainian separatists. But the pretext is not sanctions - it's ethics. Still, the idea will be highly difficult for President Vladimir Putin to transmit, as there are few people who can take the moral high ground in the Russian establishment.
Russia's War Against Ukraine
The Moscow Times: Separatists’ faults may give Putin a way out
A pro-Russian separatist holds his gun as he takes cover behind a tree at a checkpoint in the northern outskirts of city of Donetsk, on July 22, 2014.
