Hello and welcome to your essential guide to Russian politics and economicsāwritten by Farida Rustamova and co-edited by Margarita Liutova. In this brief special edition, we do a deep-dive on the political issue of the day: Russia-U.S. negotiations over the war in Ukraine. Is Russian President Vladimir Putin serious about coming to an agreement with Washington and Kyiv to stop the bloodshed? Or is he just pretending to negotiate?
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