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I have confidence that if we make a deal, it’s gonna hold,
Trump said
We will know soon if Russia is really willing to engage in good faith,
he saidI don’t think anybody’s going to play around if we’re there with a lot of workers and having to do with rare earths and other things, which we need for our country,
he saidRight now we don’t have a deal. We have Russia, we have Ukraine. I think we’re very well advanced. I think Russia has been acting very well,
he saidWe haven't received any official requests from the American side to consider the so-called Istanbul agreements or any process as a basis for a peaceful settlement,
Tykhyi said
Well, ideally, it should be Russian money,
said economist Alexey Bayer
It’s one thing to freeze assets; it’s another thing to confiscate assets,
said Alexander Cooley, a professor of political science at Barnard CollegeI don’t think it will be that slow,
he said in reference to Ukraine’s post-war reconstructionThe strength of the United States is that it makes this or that decision in a centralized manner, which is then consistently implemented,
he saidIn particular, the U.S. has huge stockpiles of weapons, they are a supplier of critically important intelligence information,
he saidTheir efforts can soften the negative effect, but will not avoid unpleasant consequences,
he saidI think the Europeans are going to remain averse to the idea of breaking international norms on reserves and fear that Russia will then, as I think they would, seize Western governmental assets and Western private assets,
he saidThis is the legal struggle at the moment that’s happening in the U.S. and across EU and Western countries, and this is being constantly litigated, and it is uncertain territory. … ... I think you will find the Trump administration less favorable to seizing Russian assets, especially as it is moving to settle the conflict, and one of the primary Russian asks is the unfreezing of their assets and the removal of most of the sanctions,
he saidThroughout ... there have been intermittent worries that Russian forces fighting inside Ukraine might seek to join up with the approximately 1,500 Russian troops stationed in Moldova's breakaway region of Transnistria to open a new front against Ukraine, destabilizing Moldova's pro-Western course in the process,
Maksim Samorukov wrote for the Carnegie Russia Eurasia Center last October
What if Russia reaches Europe's borders?
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I don't know if Trump managed to persuade them to move towards peace and peace talks during his talks with Macron and Starmer, but you can see that they are taking a very aggressive stance on the war between Russia and Ukraine,
Lukashenko said
The first contacts with the new US administration give some hope. There is a mutual desire to work on restoring relations,
Putin said at a meeting of the FSB security agency
This is undeniable and non-negotiable,
he said in a phone briefing attended by AFP
The appetite to debate seriously the question of the defense capabilities of Europe is back,
EU Budget Commissioner Piotr Serafin said last week
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I never thought I would have to say such a thing on a television program,
Merz said, admitting surprise at apparent American indifference to the fate of Europe