Mike Bird — Cameron: We're willing to take sanctions on Russia 'to a whole different level'

UK Prime Minister David Cameron is taking a harder stance on Russian President Vladimir Putin than his French and German colleagues. 

In an interview with The Wall Street Journal published early Friday, Cameron said the UK would be ready to take Russian sanctions "to a whole different level" if there were another surge in violence in eastern Ukraine and that Western nations should prepare themselves for a long-term struggle against Russia. 

Cameron, unlike French President Francois Hollande and German Chancellor Angela Merkel, was not in Minsk for the cease-fire talks with Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko and Putin. Cameron was thought to be closer to the US position, which is more open to helping further arm the Ukrainian government in its struggle against Russian-backed separatists. 

Here's The Journal on Cameron: 

On events in Ukraine, he said the West must be prepared "to settle in for a long and determined position" of pitting the weight of the U.S. and the EU against Russia.
"If Russia is going to rip up the rule book of the 21st century and destabilize a sovereign country, then the rest of the world should be prepared to say to Russia, 'Well you can't rip up one part of the international rule book while still having access to international markets, international finance, international systems,'" Mr. Cameron said....

I guess David Cameron hasn't heard of blowback. Or maybe he hasn't heard that the British Empire is over and thinks they still own the global economy.

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Cameron: We're willing to take sanctions on Russia 'to a whole different level'

Mike Bird