September 3, 2014 | Quoted by Eli Lake - The Daily Beast
NATO Plans New Military Outposts to Stop Putin—Just Don’t Call Them Bases
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And while Kirk acknowledged that sanctioning the Russian central bank would likely provoke Russia to undermine the financial isolation of Iran, not all analysts necessarily agree. Mark Dubowitz, who pushed for the Iran sanctions in recent years and is the executive director of the Foundation for the Defense of Democracies, said, “The administration has maintained for many months now that the crisis in Ukraine and the Iran negotiations are completely separate and they are not concerned Russia will retaliate. The Russians have continued to play footsy with the Iranians over a proposed $20 billion oil for goods deal, it seems to be on again and off again. Clearly Putin is keeping his options open.”
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