Blair’s tame judge organised Boris’ refugee status – the same judge who refuged Litvinenko and numerous money laundering Yukos crooks. And the same ‘human rights’ judge, by the way, who by contrast, sent several Brits to Gitmo . . .

The huff and puff from the FO is just that. Jack Straw warned Boris some years ago but was told to shut up.

I wanted to note that all hope may not be lost with respect to the Transnistria settlement, either. It seems like a lot more political steps have to happen before it actually becomes finalized, so the deal may not actually be “done” yet. If it is eventually derailed, it wouldn’t be the first time that has happened to a Transnistria settlement plan pushed by Russia.