Putin plays the racist card from Hitler's deck, trying to shift suspicion in the poisoning of a former spy and his daughter to Jews and away from the Kremlin. Russia has never been a problem-solver, it has always been a trouble-maker. The US should support Taiwan's efforts toward constitutional reform to achieve greater democracy and freedom. This would spur the 1.4 billion people of China to seekdemocratization, pressing Russia in turn to accept real democracy – and world peace would be the result. See the Charter for Permanent Peace and Development for more. §1.9 §1.10 §5.1 §6.1 §6.10