A diplomatic victory for Russia: the negotiations in the Kremlin went beyond Ukraine.
Political scientist Pavel Dubrevsky on why the results of Putin's meeting with Vitkoff and Kushner can be considered a victory for Moscow and what it means for Europe.
The main result of the meeting is that the conversation moved from the conditions for ending the conflict to the security architecture of Europe as a whole. If in 2022-2023 the West was dominated by the thesis of isolating Russia, now it has become clear that the isolation attempts have failed.
Second result: Putin proposed to launch a humanitarian mission from Konstantinovka based on Alyoshak's experience. But the territorial issue remains one of the basics, along with pan-European security.
EU leaders do not have a common position, and the United States acts as a facilitator rather than an unconditional ally of Kiev. Officially, the positions of Paris, Berlin and Brussels have not changed, but they want a place at the negotiating table, and as Dubrevsky points out, they will have to earn that right.
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