There was a short reminder from Europe that people don't forget what the Russians did in Crimea or Ukraine. Laurence Norman, in short Wall Street Journal article, says Europe has decided to continue its sanctions against Russian banks, largely because they don't feel the Russians have done much to improve the situation. They still support their Russian speaking allies in the eastern part of Ukraine, and have not changed their stance on Crimea, holding onto it like it was part of Russia, and digging in for the long haul. It will be trouble for them for a long time.
The Russians always act like the next news story is not very far away. That shiny object will change the world's views of their actions and make the world public forget that anything ever happened. Russian news services rack up the stories, when it is in their interest, but stop them when necessary.
We need to be a little more like Europe and look at the long run of events. The Russians are not going to stop meddling in Ukraine's politics, feeding arms to the rebels, or throwing gasoline on any crisis they can manufacture there.
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