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Like other technocrats – Mishustin, Nabiullina, Belousov, and Manturov – he is a bureaucrat who excels at ensuring his department meets the needs of (and flexes around) the Kremlin’s policy priorities.”
We are ready to continue dialogue, but the conditions for it must be such that they meet Russia’s interests and security needs.”
If it is Lavrov, we can say that he does not have significant influence over key foreign policy decisions. He is a representative of the Kremlin but not a decision maker – and this makes sense, given that he is a diplomat.”
More practically, there are no clear signals that Putin believes the costs of waging war outweigh the benefits, despite lack of progress at the front and enormous loss of life. Putin’s fate is increasingly tied to the war, and the signs are that he will continue until his hand is forced.”
It costs me nothing to say, ‘hey, comrade Putin, go to Istanbul and negotiate, dammit,
I’ll try to talk to Putin,
Lula said at a press conference in Beijing ahead of his departure The war must cease and Ukraine must be in the best possible situation to go into negotiations,
I think it’s a good move if they sit down … But I don’t think he dares, Putin.”
The EU’s top diplomat, Kaja Kallas, said in Copenhagen on Tuesday This ‘Ukraine Day’ is a reminder of the commitment of artists, authors and journalists to tell the story of this conflict in the heart of Europe,
the festival said in a statement If Putin does not arrive and plays games, it is the final point that he does not want to end the war,
If Trump travels, it will push Putin also to travel,