The Globe and Mail quotes Ottawa/Toronto lawyer Clifford Sosnow in an article on Ottawa’s deal to allow repair of Russian-owned turbines.
Clifford Sosnow, co-chair of law firm Fasken’s international trade and investment group, said the deal is a tactical victory for Russian President Vladimir Putin. But, he said, Mr. Putin was denied a strategic victory because Canada’s decision to repair and return the turbines – as Germany requested – has prevented a rift between NATO allies. He said the extraordinary decision by the Biden administration to publicly support Canada’s decision underlines how important it was to maintain NATO solidarity.
