- Trump is open to broader negotiations, and this is precisely what Putin hopes for,” the diary emphasizes
- Putin himself made it clear that Russia's war goals have not changed, and although he is ready to enter into talks, he will only conduct them on his own terms, writes “NYT”
- The log indicates that the Russian leader is reaching out to the proven ways of gaining Trump's favor, which is to compliment him
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As the US and Russia prepare the ground for the Putin and Trump meeting, there are increasingly frequent signals that both sides want to talk on more topics than just a ceasefire in the war against Ukraine. Both leaders seem to be planning to address all the topics related to Russian-American relations, including the revival of talks on the atomic arms treaty, reports a fresh York newspaper.
After the invasion of Ukraine, Russia suspended its participation in the 2010 Russian-American fresh START Agreement on atomic Weapons Reduction, and Putin argues that now any talks about its simplification must be linked to the war in Ukraine.
President Joe Biden's administration refused to connect the 2 issues, fearing Putin would usage this maneuver to get concessions on Ukraine explains ‘NYT’ in exchange for agreeing on limits on atomic weapons.
"But Trump is open to wider negotiations, and this is precisely what Putin hopes for," the diary stresses. Moreover, the president of the United States, who dreams of the Nobel Peace Prize, does not seem to presume that Ukraine should have a due function in the negotiations. And Putin “would like to hear that it is simply a deal that Russia and the US will conclude between themselves,” said in an interview with the “NYT” Stephen Sestanovich expert on Russia in the Council of global Relations (CFR).
“Russia will only discuss on its own terms”
A peculiar mediator to whom Trump entrusted negotiations on ceasefire in Ukraine is 80-year-old Keith Kellogg. Last week, in a Fox News interview, Kellogg said that the president wanted to make advancement in these talks "looking at the economy as an component of war" and limiting Russia's income from oil exports.
Putin himself made it clear that Russia's war goals have not changed, and although he is ready to enter into talks, he will only conduct them on his own terms, writes “NYT”.
The Russian leader besides reaches out to the proven ways of gaining Trump’s favour — complimenting him. On Friday, he stated that he always had a good, pragmatic, but besides trust-based relation with Donald Trump," the diary emphasized.
"I cannot disagree with him (Trump) in that if he had been president, had he not been stolen from his triumph in 2020, a crisis that appeared in Ukraine in 2022 could have been prevented," the Russian president stated in a tv interview.
The fact that Putin encourages the president of the United States to enter into broad negotiations proves that he is not losing his optimistic attitude toward Trump’s rule, concludes the journal.
