Charles Maines
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571 appearances
56 recordings
3 series
first heard Nov 2024
last heard 4d ago
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which is why some of these statements out of Florida were interesting to hear.
You know, they suggest the U.S.
now sees prosperity, business deals as key to a lasting peace.
The question is, to what degree are they seen as a substitute for Western security guarantees for Ukraine that Kiev has always sought and Moscow has always rejected?
Thank you.
The Kremlin says the U.S.
has now provided a document outlining the main parameters of its peace proposal, one amended with input from Ukraine and Europe after an earlier version was criticized as heavily tilted in Moscow's favor.
Russian President Vladimir Putin has suggested the plan could still be the basis of a settlement, but only if Ukraine is the one to make key concessions.
Among them, a demand to surrender territory claimed but not controlled by Russia after more than three years of fighting.
The topic is sure to come up when Ukrainian negotiators meet with White House envoy Steve Witkoff and other administration officials this weekend in Florida.
Witkoff then heads to Russia for talks with Putin in the coming days.
Charles Baines, NPR News, Moscow.
In an interview with a Russian policy journal, Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Rybkov said the prospect of a new Trump-Putin meeting remained.
I wouldn't rule anything out, said Rybkov, who characterized ongoing dialogue between Washington and Moscow as impressive.
Those comments come amid a new push by President Trump to negotiate an end to the war in Ukraine.
President Putin has loosely endorsed Trump's draft plan, which critics say skews heavily in Moscow's favor.
Trump and Putin last met for a hastily scheduled summit in Alaska last August that failed to achieve a diplomatic breakthrough.
Then Trump complained the Russian leader still wasn't ready for peace and canceled a potential follow-on meeting last month in Hungary.
Charles Mainz, NPR News, Moscow.
In his remarks, Putin blamed Europe for dragging out the war in Ukraine through its military support for Kiev and vowed to respond to Europe's militarization amid what he argued were falsely hyped Russian threats.
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