Here's the "Wired" report on the turn-around:
http://www.wired.com/dangerroom/2012/06/russia/
I had a feeling there was something more to the noticeably terse and tense appearance by Obama and Putin at the summit yesterday. Back in 1962, it took a picket line of US naval ships to turn back the Russians; now it takes a word in the right allied ear and an insurance company to send them packing. No wonder Putin was trying to keep a lid on his understandable emotions following what will/would be looked upon as a loss of political face. If the loss of insurance risked a seizure of the ship(s) and its contents, who would have made the stop and seizure? Would it be a joint allied effort or, as in so many past cases, would the US be left to take action and assume the ultimate risk? Remember, the forced turn back of the Russian (Soviet) ships in 1962 led to a huge loss of face to the Kremlin and, in the end, the ouster of Khrushchev from power...
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