Putin, it's your payback time - M K Bhadrakumar

It is about time the ‘westernists' among the Moscow elites realize that all they have is a pipe dream. There is no precedent of the US ever having treated another country -- including Britain -- on an equal footing. Therefore, Russia's destiny is dictated by the need to consolidate its standing as an independent global player. It has the capacity to do it, but, alas, often enough not the will and interest in discerning who is a potential ally and who is not.