What an utterly lousy afternoon. Six hours of TV, three games of rugby and scarcely an encouraging moment all day. Wait ’til next year, eh? Er, no, not really: we visit Paris and London next season. Wake me up in 2010.
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A week of diplomatic manoeuvring, ultimatums and psychological gambits has ended with a sadly predictable result: Vladimir Putin will not be coming to the negotiating table in Istanbul. Nor will he be sending a single cabinet-level negotiator. Instead the Russian delegation will be headed by former culture minister Vladimir Medinsky – the same low-level minion
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