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Actually, Chatham's policies in Europe and America had been repudiated and "hardliners" were regaining power. Grafton managed to hold on and to do nothing until February 1770 when the Whig majority completely fell apart and the king turned to Lord North and the Tories to run the country. Ibid. One result of this political infighting and personality conflict was support for the king.
The United States knows that Russia will not jeopardize the relevance of the Security Council one of the few remaining hallmarks of past Soviet grandeur by vetoing an American-sponsored resolution. Nor can Putin risk further antagonizing Moscow hardliners who already regard his perceived "Gorbachev-like" obsequiousness and far reaching concessions to the USA as treasonous.
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