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I want to thank President Putin for his time and effort with respect to this call,
I’d love to have them back. I think it was a mistake to throw them out,
he told reporters in the Oval Office the day after the Putin call We both reflected on the Great History of our Nations, and the fact that we fought so successfully together in World War II,
If you’re running in fear of your own voters, there is nothing America can do for you,
The better strategy than beating up Ukraine is making clear to Mr. Putin the arms and pressure he’ll face if the Russian doesn’t wind down the war to accept a durable peace,
Any peace Mr. Putin strikes has to be made with all of his legacy of destruction in mind,
We realize that the ruthless men who rule much of the world can’t be ignored. But usually those men aren’t rewarded with a visit to the U.S., as Mr. Trump hinted last week, before they’ve made any compromises,
Last week Mr. Trump said Ukraine can’t join NATO and must give up much of its territory to Russia—concessions to Mr. Putin with nothing in return,
A peace agreement that is broadly favourable to all sides would have macroeconomic benefits: it could set the basis for a modest pick-up in some Russian pipeline gas flows to Europe [and] the easing of Western sanctions on Russia,
he noted in emailed comments The decision by the U.S. and Russia to 'lay the groundwork' to end the war in Ukraine marks a potentially significant turning point after three years of conflict,
Liam Peach, senior emerging markets economist at Capital Economics, said in a note Tuesday In general, as I was told, it [the mood] was very friendly. On the American side, there were entirely different people who were open to the negotiation process without any bias, without any prejudice to what was done in the past,
he said in comments translated by NBC News For now, it is necessary to clean up the legacy of the Biden administration, which did everything to destroy ... the very foundation of long-term partnership between our countries,
Lavrov said, commenting on the possibility of strategic cooperation between Russia and United States, Russian state news agency Tass reported I rate [the negotiations] highly, there is a result,
