Trump's sanctions waiver is about America, not Russia
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Late on Friday night, US President Donald Trump signed an executive order exempting Russia from a sanctions measure passed by Congress last month. The decision is unlikely to affect the calculus of Russian President Vladimir Putin, or the trajectory of the war.
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