Russian president Vladimir Putin has been diminished by his decision to invade Ukraine, said the UK Chief of the Defence Staff (Mikhail Klimentyev, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)
(Picture: AP)Russian attacks on Ukraine would stop “within a month or two” if the Western allies stopped buying its oil and gas, according to a former economic adviser to President Putin.
Dr Andrei Illarionov said Russia "did not take seriously" the threat from the NATO allies to reduce their reliance on Russian oil and gas.
