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With the Trump administration, we are now in the realm of thinking about what is possible,
For a war to end, at least one of the parties must change their war aims,
said Hein Goemans, a professor of political science at the University of Rochester and a specialist in end-stage conflicts Russia hasn’t really changed its war aims,
Goemans said, following an initial reassessment when its blitzkrieg failed to take Kyiv and topple Zelensky I don’t think he is going to back on his word, ... I’ve known him for a long time.”
We are continuing our communication through different channels.”
The Russian Foreign Ministry did not comment on the meeting, and Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov merely said Everyone goes to Putin individually, and he tells each person something different,
Despite our optimism about possible agreements on Ukraine with the U.S., we understand there will be no rapid decrease in sanctions pressure,
RSPP President Alexander Shokhin was quoted as saying by the state-run news agency TASS We assume that 2025 will be a rather difficult year with internal and external challenges,
Shokhin said at an annual regional members’ gathering in the central city of Yekaterinburg This exceeds — by a significant margin — all sanctions ever imposed on all other nations combined,
Of course, there are disagreements on various points, but there is a process, there is a dialogue, which in our understanding will help to overcome these disagreements,
Dmitriev told the briefing US companies are ready to occupy the niches left by European companies that left the Russian Federation,
If the Ukrainians were not able to receive intelligence from us, they would struggle to target, especially in-depth operational level targets such as command posts, logistics areas and things like that,
Some security guarantees in some form may be acceptable,
Dmitriev said, without specifying which ones There was no trying to understand [the] Russian position,
At this point, we are not asking for any sanction relief. We are just discussing that if America wants to have more business with Russia … then of course US can do so,
Dmitriev told CNN’s Phil Mattingly on “The Lead.” We are spearheading the drive to get it done. Europe has not been successful in dealing with President Putin, but I think I will be successful,
Trump said in remarks to the press One of the main topics is the restoration of Russian-American relations, the dialogue that was stopped and interrupted under the Joe Biden administration,
Dmitriev said after his meeting in footage released by TASS I think there is an understanding for how we can move to finalize the agreement. And there have been lots of discussion in that realm, lots of differences still remain, but I think there are several passes to try to address all those issues and only diplomatic solution can be possible,
Dmitriev told CNN Thursday A series of meetings will still be needed for us to resolve all our differences. But the main thing we see a positive, creative attitude,
Without doubt, we note a positive dynamic in our relations,
Russian news agencies quoted him as telling journalists in Washington after he met with Trump administration officials