Good news as it means that Paw Broon has no excuse to run the defence budget down any more as the bloody Russians are getting all aggresive again. Funny how this always brings out the people amongst us Brits whose first thought is not "There's a Russian bomber heading right for us" but instaed "Well we must empathise with ( insert oppressed foreign people ) in their fight with the EVIL Americans."
They'll be digging Tony Benn up soon. Yes I know he's not dead but still........
Seriously and fundamentally I disagree that this is a backward step. It is step towards normality being resumed. The Russians have their world view. We in the West have ours. Anything that gets the word "middle east" off the front pages has got to be good.