It started with a bang but ended with a whimper. Having engineered the biggest and most menacing concentration of troops in the heart of Europe in a decade, Russia has now ordered its soldiers back to their barracks.
So, after a few tense weeks during which security planners in many capitals were seriously briefing their political masters about the likelihood of a European war, everyone can now afford to relax.
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