Gifts for Putin, Demands for Zelensky
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Trump is demanding a higher percentage of Ukraine’s GDP than the Allies demanded from Germany as reparations after WW-I.
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Same article, don't have to register to read.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/revealed-trump-confidential-plan-put-160000461.html
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Zelenskyy is holding firm. Not signing whatever agreement the US came up with, and he's in the UAE today.
https://apnews.com/article/uae-russia-ukraine-war-a09b2fc2d81276551f40d89383a348c2
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Remarkable.
In an interview with The Associated Press, Secretary of State Marco Rubio said that the two side agreed broadly to pursue three goals: to restore staffing at their respective embassies in Washington and Moscow, to create a high-level team to support Ukraine peace talks, and to explore closer relations and economic cooperation.
“Should this conflict come to an acceptable end, the incredible opportunities that exist to partner with the Russians geopolitically on issues of common interest and frankly, economically on issues that hopefully will be good for the world and also improve our relations in the long term,” Rubio said.
His comments were further evidence of the remarkable U.S. reversal on Russia after years in which Trump’s predecessor, Joe Biden, led international efforts to isolate Moscow.
“We not only listened, but also heard each other,” Lavrov. “And I have reason to believe that the American side has started to better understand our position, which we have once again outlined in detail, using specific examples, based on President Putin’s repeated speeches.”
Trump must want to do some real estate development in Russia...
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A win for billionaires. Ukraine left in the dust?
In a possible indication of how significant a factor those "opportunities" could be in the negotiations, senior Russian businessman Kirill Dmitriev, a Western-educated banker who now heads a government-created investment fund, was also expected to take part in the talks on Tuesday, according to Russian media.
"I will be responsible for the economic aspect of the discussions," Dmitriev was quoted as saying by the Interfax news agency ahead of the talks in Riyadh. "The figure that we are voicing for the first time now is that American business has lost more than $300 billion by leaving the Russian market," he said, apparently referring to the impact of sanctions imposed on Russia under former President Biden.
"Finding joint economic paths, positive solutions to issues, is extremely important, mainly for the U.S. and for many other countries that are beginning to understand that the Russian market is extremely attractive and that it is necessary to be present in it," he said, adding that he hoped for "a positive dialogue."
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/us-russia-meeting-improving-relations-ukraine-war/
