Invasion of Ukraine: 'Grain deal U-turn offers lesson in calling Vladimir Putin’s bluff'

[Sukla Sen]

Yet another bluff exposed.

<<“The Kremlin just fell into a trap itself, from which it did not know how to get out,” wrote Tatiana Stanovaya, the head of the analysis firm R.Politik. “The [grain] deal was suspended, but it is unclear how to stop the export of grain. No way. Only by military means, which was not part of their plans.”

Private promises may have been made to Russia, including guarantees that could help it export its own agricultural goods. Yet the Kremlin’s climbdown largely shows that Putin can be swayed to back down when he meets resistance and defiance. He “knows how to retreat if necessary,” said Stanovaya.>>

(Excerpted from: <https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/nov/02/grain-deal-u-turn-offers-lesson-in-calling-vladimir-putin-bluff>.)

On nuclear threats, here's the near-complete U-turn: <https://tass.com/politics/1531673>.

On realising that the bluffs now stand fully exposed for what they were and, hence, it's better to make a virtue of the necessity?

Let's demand: Peace!

Let's demand immediate cessation and vacation of the invasion.

Sukla