Western leaders need to use more constructive language for cooperation with Russia – sanctions don’t
![It is already evident that the measures taken by the West will in no way help improve the situation in Ukraine, writes Vaslavskiy [AFP]](https://aljazeeranews.edgeone.app/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/201491294953933734_20.jpeg?resize=270%2C180&quality=80)

Yan Vaslavskiy is the director of the School of Government and International Affairs, and an associate professor at MGIMO University, Moscow, Russia.
Western leaders need to use more constructive language for cooperation with Russia – sanctions don’t
![It is already evident that the measures taken by the West will in no way help improve the situation in Ukraine, writes Vaslavskiy [AFP]](https://aljazeeranews.edgeone.app/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/201491294953933734_20.jpeg?resize=270%2C180&quality=80)