BRUSSELS — There is a growing realization among European governments that they may soon need to nominate someone to face Russian leader Vladimir Putin in direct talks on a peace deal for Ukraine. The main problem is deciding who should take on such a hazardous task. The question gained urgency this week after U.S. presidential envoy Steve Witkoff traveled to Russia to offer Putin a three-way summit with Donald Trump and Ukraine’s leader Volodymyr Zelenskyy, in an effort to press for a ceasefire.
BRUSSELS — There is a growing realization among European governments that they may soon need to nominate someone to face Russian leader Vladimir Putin in direct talks on a peace deal for Ukraine. The main problem is deciding who should take on such a hazardous task. The question …
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Professor of Political Science at the University of Rhode Island Nicolai N. Petro said that if the meeting takes place, "it will be worth speculating about what it might accomplish and about comparisons to the Yalta Conference of February 1945"
Andrey Rudenko added that Russia's proposals regarding the issue of the Iranian nuclear program "have not received support" so far
Georgy Borisenko noted that a visa-free regime is already in effect with Saudi Arabia, Oman, Qatar, and the UAE
The US president stated that additional sanctions would have prevented the release of Stephen Hubbard, a US citizen convicted in Russia. This comment suggests a causal link between the level of sanctions and Hubbard's detention status, though the specific outcome remains a political assertion rather than a verified fact.