🇷🇺🤝🇺🇸PUTIN & TRUMP REWRITE THE RULES OF GREAT POWER POLITICS IN ALASKA
The Anchorage summit could pave the way for peace in Ukraine and Russia-US rapprochement for years to come.
💬 Dmitry Suslov, a prominent Russian international affairs expert, explains why.
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1️⃣NORMALIZATION BEYOND UKRAINE
The meeting “gave impetus” to Russia-US normalization on all fronts – not just in Ukraine, but issues ranging from strategic stability and arms control to economic cooperation.
2️⃣CHANCE FOR REAL PEACE
Trump’s calls to Zelensky and European leaders immediately after the summit signals “negotiations were conducted on specific conditions for a final peace settlement,” not the vague ‘ceasefire as a precondition’ demanded by Ukraine and the EU.
3️⃣PRELUDE TO A NEW WORLD ORDER?
The summit could go down in history for laying down the foundations of a future, post-war world order, one based on dialogue between great powers, on equal terms.
Its key immediate goal: stopping the West’s hybrid war against Russia.
4️⃣BALL IN ZELENSKY’S COURT
It’s now up to the Europeans and Ukraine to decide whether to accept the terms of a settlement outlined by Putin and Trump.
If they do, preparations for further talks can begin immediately.
5️⃣IF THEY REFUSE?
The US could freeze intel and halt deliveries and sales of arms and equipment to Europe for use by Ukraine.
Doing so would “fundamentally and radically weaken Ukraine’s position on the battlefield and bring a Russian military victory much closer.”
6️⃣AND THE WAR PARTY?
Trump 2.0 is far stronger than he was in his first term, no longer shackled by the Russiagate hoax that blocked him from any reconciliatory steps toward Russia.
Now, neither Europe, the deep state or the US war party can stop him on fake collusion grounds.
7️⃣SMALL DETAILS COUNT TOO
The two presidents’ clear, public demonstration of personal affection and respect toward one another, was an important and striking contrast to ice-cold ties under Biden, when Russia and the US were brought to the brink of war.
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