History must be on the side of the peacemaker, not the invader.” For his part, Trump seemed ready to drop his exaggerated claims for repayment of the money gifted to Ukraine by the Biden administration,

A new administration’s efforts to pressure the news media, punish political opponents and tame the nation’s tycoons evoke the early days of President Vladimir V. Putin’s reign in Russia.

The wider deal between Washington and Moscow is also likely to play more in the latter’s favor. It satisfies the Russians’ fictional narrative that they are in an unprovoked war against all of NATO. It gives them peer status with the US again ...

Many people in Russia expressed relief that an end to the conflict in Ukraine seemed nearer and that the hardships of war, and the shunning of their country by much of the world, may soon end.

Meanwhile, Russian foreign minister Sergei Lavrov has claimed the Kremlin strongly opposes the positioning of European peacekeeping forces in Ukraine, claiming it is a “deceit … aimed at pumping Ukraine with weapons”. He did not provide evidence to back these claims.

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Kirill Dmitriev, the head of Russia’s sovereign wealth fund, said that Moscow has made proposals to Washington for new business and energy cooperation, voicing optimism that deals could be ...