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Obviously don't speak for the russian government — but you can give us some insights perhaps into the russian�*s perspective on this. what do you read into the russian build—up of troops? is itjust posturing, trying to blackmail the west or is there real danger there, do you think? i mean, i think putin is not adversed to brinkmanship. i think he does engage in brinkmanship. but i would not say that he is bluffing. you've got a massive build—up of military sources and it's like anton chekhov said, "if in act one, you have a gun on the stage, in act three, it is bound to go off" so i wo...

The russian build—up of troops? is itjust posturing and trying to blackmail the west or is there real danger there, do you think? i mean, i think putin is not adversed to brinkmanship. i think he does engage in brinkmanship. but i would not say that he's bluffing. you've got a massive build—up of military forces, and it-s— like anton chekhov said, "from act one, you have a gun on the stage, in act three, "it is bound to go off." so i would not underestimate what we're seeing now with russia. but that said, i would say that putin has not made up his mind — i don't think he has made up h...