The new Stalins must be kept in check By Alex Goldfarb
As Britain awaits Russia's retaliation for the expulsion of four of its diplomats, all the talk is of a return to the Cold War.
No wonder. The Russian handling of the Litvinenko affair seems familiar in its madness. Despite being caught practically red-handed performing an act of nuclear terrorism in their ally's capital, the Russians took the confrontational path.
They have obstructed investigation, conjured propaganda campaigns accusing MI6 of the murder and snubbed the British by calling their legal representations "foolishness".
What should Britain do in response to such unpredictability? Should it keep telling Russia that it is not in anyone's interests to escalate the crisis? Let the diplomatic salvoes subside and close the whole episode, with so many billions at stake on both sides?
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