Expert: Russians delay and send us down rabbit holes
It is clear that Russia is delaying the ceasefire negotiations and “they are very good at it,” former top US diplomat Daniel Fried told the New York Times.
“The Russians are dragging this out and filling it with conditions that throw us down a rabbit hole of complexity,” Fried told the newspaper.
If Russia were to get its new condition, which is the lifting of sanctions against one of the state-owned banks, through, they would benefit greatly without Ukraine actually benefiting, say the experts the New York Times spoke to.
Russia definitely wants a bank without sanctions because then “they can do whatever they want,” says Alexander Koljandr of the CEPA think tank.
“They can carry out transactions, they can move money between countries, they can pay for imports in dollars, which is always cheaper, and they can receive dollars for their exports,” he told the New York Times.
Analysis: Trump wants to turn Putin from pariah to partner
The Kremlin is pushing an impatient US as hard as they can in the talks for a ceasefire, writes The Guardian's Andrew Roth in an analysis.
The White House's need to show that Donald Trump is the only leader who can negotiate a peace has led to several concessions to Russia, he says. And now new demands are being made of the US: That sanctions be lifted.
"And so far it seems like that's a deal the Trump administration is willing to agree to," he writes.
For Sky News correspondent Ivor Bennett, it's clear that Trump wants to turn Vladimir Putin from pariah to partner. For the first time in three years, the US is talking about easing sanctions instead of imposing them, he writes in an analysis. And that has massive implications.
The worst thing for Ukraine and its European allies is that Putin has gained a lot without having to give anything back, writes Ivor Bennett
“For Trump it is something to show off, that he has come closer to peace. For Putin it is a first step back into the heat,” he continues.
It is clear that Russia is delaying the ceasefire negotiations and “they are very good at it,” former top US diplomat Daniel Fried told the New York Times.
“The Russians are dragging this out and filling it with conditions that throw us down a rabbit hole of complexity,” Fried told the newspaper.
If Russia were to get its new condition, which is the lifting of sanctions against one of the state-owned banks, through, they would benefit greatly without Ukraine actually benefiting, say the experts the New York Times spoke to.
Russia definitely wants a bank without sanctions because then “they can do whatever they want,” says Alexander Koljandr of the CEPA think tank.
“They can carry out transactions, they can move money between countries, they can pay for imports in dollars, which is always cheaper, and they can receive dollars for their exports,” he told the New York Times.
Analysis: Trump wants to turn Putin from pariah to partner
The Kremlin is pushing an impatient US as hard as they can in the talks for a ceasefire, writes The Guardian's Andrew Roth in an analysis.
The White House's need to show that Donald Trump is the only leader who can negotiate a peace has led to several concessions to Russia, he says. And now new demands are being made of the US: That sanctions be lifted.
"And so far it seems like that's a deal the Trump administration is willing to agree to," he writes.
For Sky News correspondent Ivor Bennett, it's clear that Trump wants to turn Vladimir Putin from pariah to partner. For the first time in three years, the US is talking about easing sanctions instead of imposing them, he writes in an analysis. And that has massive implications.
The worst thing for Ukraine and its European allies is that Putin has gained a lot without having to give anything back, writes Ivor Bennett
“For Trump it is something to show off, that he has come closer to peace. For Putin it is a first step back into the heat,” he continues.
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