TOO EARLY TO CELEBRATE
Journal: Current Digest of the Russian Press The
Year: 2016

(By Sergei Karaganov, dean of the School of World Economics and
 International Affairs at Russia's National Research University
 Higher School of Economics. Rossiiskaya gazeta, Jan. 12,
 2016, p. 4. Complete text:) Last year was one of the best in the
 history of Russian foreign policy. By 2013, it was obvious that a
 conflict with the West was unavoidable, so early in 2014, Russia
 threw the first punch, going from simmering rivalry to open
 confrontation. Russia's relations with the West quick