Russia, Germany, France and Ukraine held an expanded meeting of their foreign affairs ministers and senior staffs on May 11 in Berlin (the “Normandy” format). Two overlapping issues topped the meeting’s agenda: possible elections in the Russian-controlled Donetsk-Luhansk territory and policing those proposed elections to make them look (against all odds) somewhat believable (Interfax, Auswaertigesamt.de, … Continue reading Normandy meeting aborts Ukraine’s proposal on OSCE police mission