The EU has suddenly postponed the publication of its 19th package of sanctions against Russia, which had been scheduled for 17 September. The reason for this was an ultimatum unexpectedly issued by Donald Trump to his European partners. Trump has now made the introduction of tough sanctions against Russia, which he has been speaking about for the past two months, conditional on NATO countries completely abandoning the purchase of Russian oil and imposing tariffs of 50–100% on countries that...