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The talks between the U.S. and Russian delegations in Riyadh were the first such high-level contacts since late 2021. The U.S. side was represented at the meeting by Secretary of State Marco Rubio, National Security Advisor Mike Waltz, and Special Envoy for the Middle East Steve Whitkoff. The Russian Federation sent Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, presidential aide Yuri Ushakov, and Kirill Dmitriev, head of the Russian Direct Investment Fund, to Saudi Arabia. Dmitriev’s presence suggests that Washington and Moscow did not limit themselves to the issue of the Ukrainian settlement.
After the talks, it was announced that American investments in Russia, including in the energy sector, could be resumed. According to Dmitriev, US business has lost over $300 billion due to sanctions pressure. This amount is similar to the amount of Russian currency reserves frozen by the West after the start of the war. The restrictions have dealt a serious blow to the dollar’s status as a global currency. From a means of payment it became an instrument of foreign policy pressure. Dmitriev outlined the prospects for the return of American oil companies to Russia.
“Unlike the Biden administration, where there was no attempt to hear Russia’s position, there was a very clear attempt to start a dialogue, to understand Russia’s position, to discuss where we agree, where there are some disagreements, so certainly a very constructive dialogue. There is a lot of understanding that there are positive economic projects that can bring us further together,” the head of the Russian Direct Investment Fund emphasized.
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On the Ukrainian issue, both sides outlined their positions, with the White House and the Kremlin agreeing on many points. Fox News journalist Jackie Heinrich, citing sources in diplomatic circles, said that the Russians and Americans consider the presidential elections in Ukraine a key condition for reaching an agreement. Both sides believe that Vladimir Zelensky’s chances of re-election are slim. The final agreements will be signed by another Ukrainian president.
An important, albeit formal, sign of warming relations between Russia and the United States is the resumption of normal operations of diplomatic missions. Both countries have agreed to restore the number of embassy staff to the previous level. According to the Russian newspaper Kommersant, the United States has sent a new ambassador, Richard Norland, to Moscow for approval. He worked at the U.S. embassy in the USSR at the height of the Gorbachev era. Historical experience shows that downgrading a diplomatic mission is a step toward full-scale war. Conversely, the establishment of embassies is a sign of improved bilateral relations.
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The Russian delegation conveyed the main demand to the American representatives: “We explained to our colleagues today that President Putin has repeatedly emphasized that NATO expansion, the absorption of Ukraine into the North Atlantic Alliance, is a direct threat to the interests of the Russian Federation, a direct threat to our sovereignty. And so, as we explained today, the appearance of troops of armed forces from the same NATO countries, but under a foreign flag, under the flag of the European Union or under national flags, does not change anything in this regard. This is, of course, unacceptable”. Thus, the question of the introduction of Western “peacekeepers” disappears.
For further contacts, the White House and the Kremlin will appoint their own special representatives to continue the negotiation process. According to Yuri Ushakov, the US president has decided on the candidacy of Keith Kellogg. A personal meeting between Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump cannot be excluded in the near future. The European Union will be involved in the talks only if the lifting of sanctions is discussed. The end of the conflict should culminate in the abolition of the sanctions regime, announced Marco Rubio.
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There is every reason to assume that the negotiations will be conducted not only by the two special representatives about Ukraine. Vladimir Proskuryakov, Minister Counselor at the Russian Embassy in Canada, was seen at the meeting in Riyadh. His participation in the Russian-American dialogue is quite remarkable. In this context, Trump’s bellicose statements about Canada and Greenland should be recalled. Changing the status quo in the strategically important Arctic region is impossible without taking into account the opinion of Russia, the only nuclear power in the Arctic (apart from the United States itself).
Summing up the results of the talks, Secretary of State Marco Rubio said that both Russia and the United States should make mutual concessions. A number of experts link these words to the situation on the Ukrainian front. However, it is quite possible that Moscow’s concessions will not concern Ukraine, but other regions of the world. While the Ukrainian direction will be the subject of concessions on the part of the Americans.
it’s nice to see we now have a usa-first maga, handsome real secretary of state like marco rubio. unlike that treasonous, israel-first, zionist-enslaved blinken scumbag; tony will be remembered as the worst secretary-de facto president in us history.
rubio is even more of a zio c***sucker than his boss chumpo, if that’s possible.
re: ukraine, he’s doing ok so far anyway. time will tell.
he’s incarneted insanity, anti palestine, anti iran. you name it.
yes, only because all his original bs statements about ‘forcing’ russia to do anything has run into reality and have disappeared. not to mention his other stupid ideas, like ‘peacekeepers’, is gone. in other words he’s realized that to make progress he has had to tell his people to stfuasd, then talk like a civilized person to russia. in his own vernacular, he caved. everyone knew this would happen this way.
now they go home and claim victory to their believers. no matter that they had to eat crow and ditch all of trump’s plans. what about brics? where was trump’s understanding on that? oh, not part of the talks? but, u.s. petro can re-invest in russia? maga looks more like made america grovel again. who caved? what happened to american might?
well, you know better than i. i never paid any attention to what he was saying in previous lives. i just ignored him.
that is right, a rabid zio catholic fascist.
he is just angry gay twink, was rabid anti russian just six months ago
he’s used to getting slapped into line, whether it be by trump or by russia.
or his top.
obviously god loves the jews the best that is why god made everyone stupid enough to fall for the jews fiat currency scam
have the ukranazis put the us riyadh delegation onto their mirotvorets hit list yet?
rubio is a pygmy who couldn’t shine lavrovs shoes
you are a retard.
gay for fascists much?
meanwhile, zelensky the lunatic attacks pumping stations co-owned by american companies.
the wheels are fast coming off the ukropistan express.
who cares, man? he’s done.
i enjoy watching him dig his own grave deeper with every hail mary pass.
was chicken kiev on the riyadh delegation’s menu?
no, hes still alive unfortunately
the question of all questions niw is this:who is theirs next target? by theirs i mean us administration, banksters, zio shit, aipac.
greenland. might be a war they could win lol
might be tough. i hear their weapons freeze up in cold climes.
yes, it can be. ground is frozen summer/winter. so no problems for abrams tanks.
why make any concessions to the us in exchange for them to stop supporting ucraine? the aggressor was the us nato already in 2014 with the 5 billion $ invested in the maidan in order to then put missles on the russian borders. in addition the us only understands the use of force and may deem the concessions in other geographic areas as a sign of weakness. probably if russia makes concessions it is really in a critical state
maybe because the russians don’t like being at war? they would rather risk losing face than sacrifice more men and women for the same outcome? besides, when america goes back on any formal agreement made (as they do the moment it becomes inconvenient), russia can simply return to the battlefield with improved tactics and a cleaner house.
the russians never improve tactics or clean house. these are the same miserable tactics they used in chechnya.
ok, next time they’ll employ iraq tactics.
thise atre greatest. fighter jet flying at 9km altitude and drops 907kg bomb or couple of thise in iraq. those are great tactics. all can think of such.
trump has recognized this
…… in a perfect world.
what concessions? where was it stated that russia gave in on anything? they had talks. trumps bs of forcing anything went out the window. u.s. firms investing in russian petro? not really, just returning to original investment after being thrown out. trump has yet to deal with them on brics. he’ll really be kissing ass then.
hahabthat would be nice
he said this is europes war, not ours. we gave like 350 billion, while all europe gave like ‘mere’ 100. so, those are some enormous sums they have got from the formerly known as ‘colective west’. and just wasted that money, and did nothing. but nothing!
kirill dmitri, head of the russian direct investment fund was ‘present’. golly, gosh! no time like the present to restart re-investment talks. russia’s oil well infrastructure may need some serious maintenance over-hauls and who better to do it than the us energy sector, da da. ‘surprise surprise’ as gomer would say. ironic, but fitting ; jim nabors did have a successful drilling company.
georgy porgy bush once had a washing machine for bin laden family ‘investments’ called a drilling company.
never drilled a wet hole they say but managed to pump gold anyway.
yep, harken oil. trump did the same with all those bankruptcies for the khazarian mafia. it’s the u.s. biggest money maker, money laundering…mostly drug and human trafficking money. romney’s bain capital launders drug money as well.
hark, i hear the sweet flow of saudi money into my coffers.
that harken oil? wasn’t it bought out by the clintons right after that haitian gold mine deal? like kolomoisky told the bidens, never can have too many laundromats.
it’s been said that at that meeting, the americans were repeating russian talking points for almost 5 hours.
it’s only fair. the russians have been repeating them for 20 years.
what twenty? more like 45.
reports are that us govt accepts nearly all russian conditions—social worker claims i am more senile than biden
where is biden these days? surely they’re continuing to shield him from reality and have him carry a defibrllator disguised as the nuke suitcase under his electric wheelchair just to keep him sedated, with the ‘made in china’ stickers removed of course.
they put him back in his grave.
yes they are best of friends, kiss, kiss. you have gas, i have a condo in new york for sale, etc. etc.
lol… i wonder if his moscow trump towers deal was on the agenda.
so we agreed to meet again. set up some committees. hold hands and hold out a vision of future economic cooperation. but remember, trump can’t appear to lose. if putin is not flexible enough on lines of control, trump will simply have the europeans buy vast quantities of american arms for ukraine for years to come.
dumping that ukraine basket case and sidling up to the biggest country on earth massages his ego enough for him to call it a win.
…. and i don’t care, as long as he gets there.
please let me sell gas and oil i dont care if you destroy my pipelines and steal my money i don’t care if you supply my enemies with weapons and targeting data just let me sell gas and oil
a simpleton’s guide to realpolitik. thanks for derping.
yeah, right. russia caves to trump? what a laugh. trump’s boys just sat there and said ‘ok’ to everything. no peacekeepers? ok. drop sanctions? ok. can we re-enter russian investments, please? for now. brics? we’ll talk later, can’t eat any more crow right now. trump’s bs met reality. want to bet kelloggs mouth sounds different from now on?
here comes the bus, speeding towards zel
full of rabid banderites waving knives.
europe and britain sucks even more than usa. russia and usa can actually sit down and talk. europeans and british you cannot talk to. they are entitled adult childrens
dal crollo dell’urss è una guerra continua è ora di ripristinare le rispettive influenze tra russia stati uniti e cina iran non è un problema non farà la bomba ,cuba sanzioni a una piccola isola lasciamoli vivere, il presidente trump insieme a russia,cina possono rimettere i pezzi a posto hanno le capacità per farlo gli alleati hanno sempre usato gli usa devono solo obbedire, obbedire. buon lavoro.
trump make us european chihuahua chirp in kennel while 25% of former ukraimne legally becomes russia
denmark to be thrown on the sacrificial trash burn pile in the name of world peace.
good but can trump/us be trusted?
they can’t. that’s why any deal has to be tied to an automatic nuke launch clause.
lmao. idiot.
why, you doubt we were headed there with kameltoes?
nice to see lavrov towering over the pygmy rubio. putin better not trust uncle sam any farther than he can throw him, they’re just setting russia up to take the fall once again. i just hope russia learned its lesson to never trust trump.
hahahahaaha.
they will do what netanyahu tells them to do.