Moscow may not play fair, but observers can take solace in reaffirmed declaration against nuclear war
On the day that Joe Biden met Vladimir Putin in Geneva, the Russian held war games moving their nuclear missiles around, while Nato warplanes were scrambled to intercept Russian fighters over the Baltic.
If Biden had wanted to illustrate his emphasis on the need for stability and dialogue between Washington and Moscow, he could not have arranged it better.
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