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We'd better meet and have a calm conversation on all issues of interest to both the US and Russia based on today's realities,
Putin said in a TV interview
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This dialogue took place between the two presidents during Trump’s first presidency. And we are waiting for signals that we have not received yet,
Peskov saidThe conflict doesn't depend on oil prices,
Peskov said in a call with reportersWe have things to talk about,
Putin saidWe can have quite a lot of points of contact with the current administration and search for solutions to key issues of today,
Putin saidHow is it possible to conduct talks if they are banned?”
Putin saidIf the price came down, the Russia-Ukraine war would end immediately,
he saidThere is something to talk about, we need to talk. Time has been lost in many respects. We have spoken about such interest before, so the ball is in the court of the U.S., which has stopped all substantive contacts with our country."
Trump also spoke about denuclearizing Russia at the meeting in Switzerland, and Peskov said
Putin is ready. We are waiting for signals (from Washington). Everyone is ready. It is difficult to read the coffee grounds here. As soon as there is something, if there is something, we will inform you."
When asked if Trump and the Russian president would conduct a phone call this weekend, Peskov saidTrump appears to have fallen for Ukraine: cooperating with Saudis to drop oil prices and hit Russia, pressing Xi to push Putin, says Zelensky ready to negotiate while Putin resists, NATO countries move to 5% defense spending, and (ouch!) Putin's election results are frankly absurd."
In a post on X, Tymofiy Mylovanov, the president of the Kyiv School of Economics, wroteSeems to me that Putin is signalling to Trump that he is willing to make 'a deal' Peskov saying Kremlin opening to restart missile control deals remember very first thing Biden did in 2021 in first week was renew Start III missile deal - first Cold War era arms deal to be renewed. it was seen as a breakthru at the time. now Putin is offering to start Trumps presidency in the same war...."
On the subject of nuclear disarmament, Ben Aris, a former reporter focused on Russia, wrote on XRight now the price is high enough that that war will continue. You gotta bring down the oil price, that will end that war. You could end that war."
He saidI really would like to be able to meet with President Putin soon to get that war ended,
Trump, who returned to the White House on Monday, told the World Economic Forum in Davos by video link
We'd like to see denuclearisation ... and I will tell you President Putin really liked the idea of cutting way back on nuclear. And I think the rest of the world, we would have gotten them to follow, and China would have come along too,
Trump saidFrom what I hear, Putin would like to see me, and we'll leave as soon as we can. I'd meet immediately,
Trump saidAnd this isn’t from the standpoint of the economy or anything else – it’s from the standpoint of millions of lives being wasted. Beautiful young people are being shot in the battlefield,
he added, describing the events in Ukraine as a "carnage" and a "horrible war."
But Russia already prevented from selling anything in U.S. So this threat of 'Taxes, Tariffs, and Sanctions' seems empty. If Trump wants to put pressure on Putin, he needs to ramp up support for Ukraine. Otherwise it's just weak rhetoric from Trump which Putin will ignore."
In a post on X, formerly known as Twitter, Bill Kristol, the director of Defending Democracy Together, wrote