Hannan gets it right.
He criticizes the EU's approach.
And he nails Putin...
(Excerpts)
"To repeat, none of this is to exculpate the Russian leader. He runs a paranoid and autocratic regime, in which opponents are imprisoned, critics harassed, journalists murdered. Annexing Crimea was not simply a violation of the law of nations; it was an explicit betrayal of Russia’s solemn promises to respect its neighbour’s territorial integrity. "