Compromises at the highest level. It is increasingly clear that a violent and fairly long clash between Russia, the United States and Europe was never anticipated, or seriously taken into account by the authorities of the three global powers. Stances, declarations (some of them fairly menacing), pressure, demands in no uncertain terms for concessions from the other side: we've seen all of that in recent weeks; but at the same time, we were entirely confident that settlements and compromises...