Cybersecurity
Putin Just Doesn’t Care About Western Anger
- Nothing so far ‘would harm or scare Moscow,’ analyst says
- Nerve-agent attack in U.K. draws rare condemnation from Trump
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Western powers are showing growing exasperation and anger at Russia’s Vladimir Putin with a new round of U.S. sanctions and condemnations over hacking, a nerve-agent attack in England and the carnage from the regime he backs in Syria.
But none of that is likely to deter -- or humble -- Putin, who’s already under multinational sanctions for intervening in Ukraine. Europe is showing little appetite for piling on new economic penalties, and the Russian president has shown that shrugging off criticism only helps as he campaigns for re-election Sunday as the tough guy who stands up for his country.