... possibly (or could) next week.
Russian President Vladimir Putin has said the United Arab Emirates could be a “suitable” location for a meeting with his US counterpart, Donald Trump. An in-person meeting between the two presidents could take place as early as next week, according to the Kremlin. Putin made the remarks to journalists on Thursday, following his talks in Moscow with UAE leader Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan. Asked about the location for a summit with Trump, Putin said Russia has “many friends” who are ready to help, and pointed to the UAE as an option. “One of our friends is the president of the United Arab Emirates. I think we will decide, but this would be one of the quite suitable places,” he said. According to Western media reports, aides to the US president began preparing for a possible summit immediately after Witkoff’s visit to Moscow.
We'll see what comes of it, but Russia's conditions are well known and proverbial "realities on the ground" speak for themselves. As even Steven Bryan admits:
For sure this is a very big development, but it carries plenty of risk for all sides, but especially for Trump. Trump will need to control Zelensky, a difficult task because Zelensky has nowhere to go as he cannot easily make significant concessions. Washington allegedly wants to get rid of him because he is an obstacle to a deal, so we can't rule out a melodrama involving Zelensky's status.
He correctly points out that Europe also is a spoiler (or rather a shitter) in this arrangement, because as I repeat ad nauseam--Russia and the US must talk due to both countries' geopolitical status, Europe is irrelevant in terms of power balance and is an object, not a subject of international relations.
UPDATE: as expected a hysteria started in comments. Here is Mr. Ushakov verbatim:
Quote: "The American side presented an offer which seems acceptable to us"(c) I repeat again--the main topic there will be not even 404, it is strategic stability.
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