The Leader's Poisoned Kiss.

I gather Mr Putin has today been at pains to reassure the West. He says that anybody who thinks that Russia might attack NATO must be both insane and dreaming. ‘The West has nothing to fear from Russia,’ he insists.

Ah, but… You know how it is when a politician has been accused of having done something naughty, and the leader of his party says something like ‘Sir Reginald has my full support,’ and then within three days Sir Reginald has either been fired or forced to resign…