Given the promise of “no miracles” it is unsurprising that the net result of the October 19 Normandy Four meeting in Berlin was to highlight how unyielding Moscow is in pursuit of its foreign policy goals in Ukraine and Syria and how little leverage the EU leaders have to induce a course correction by the Kremlin. Russia’s President Vladimir Putin gave little ground in Berlin, while Ukraine’s President Petro Poroshenko had to accept another diplomatic contraption that would intensify Western pressure on Ukraine.
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Vladimir Frolov: No miracle after Berlin meeting
German Chancellor Angela Merkel (R) walks next to Russian President Vladimir Putin at the chancellery on October 19, 2016 in Berlin.
German Chancellor Angela Merkel hosts the leaders of Russia, Ukraine and France in a new push for peace in eastern Ukraine. (AFP)
