1. In a very tense period in the Baltic and in Ukraine, Russian state influenced media is not beating the war drums. IMO reporting does not evidence propaganda typically expected if preparing the population for a war especially one that will directly impact the Russian economy.
2. @kommersant lede: "Russian Ambassador Antonov: Negotiations with the US and NATO have not yet yielded a significant result. Russia will decide on the advisability of further work with the US and NATO after written responses to draft 
3. agreements on security guarantees, said Russian Ambassador to the US Anatoly Antonov. He noted that last week's discussions with the United States and NATO had not yielded any significant results so far."
This is a very weak statement to have as the headline and may evidence
This is a very weak statement to have as the headline and may evidence
4. Putin is out on a limb having written a check that Gerasimov can't cash.
5. Sunday news in Moscow shows little evidence that Putin is preparing for war. I also note that US is not showing any overt ISR activity with the caveat that they can operate invisible to commercial flight radar sites. Putin's bizarre play failed. He's now threatening to put
6. nukes in Cuba. I read that as his possible end game to get out of the mess his foolish Ukraine play has set in motion by calling it even. He and his Oligarchs fear this play will have long-term consequences. This is the time when it would be smart to make demands on Putin.
7. Make him get out of Ukraine or @POTUS should signal support for the NordStream2 sanctions bill that should effectively kill NS2. We have proven we can keep Europe supplied with LNG. Doubling the size of the US LNG fleet in two years
8. with the higher gas prices creating a push for US and global production can effectively destroy Putin's only leverage and push Russia into a permanent economic decline, social unrest and eventual overthrow of the Oligarchs.
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