If the Russian leader shows up to talks with Ukraine’s Zelensky this week, hopes for a deal will rise, but with Donald Trump’s apparent support, there’s no great pressure
Russian president Vladimir Putin speaks to journalists in the Grand Palace at the Kremlin in Moscow. Photo: AP
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A game of brinkmanship is afoot. On Thursday, Volodymyr Zelensky, Ukraine’s president, will be seated at a negotiating table in Istanbul. The question is whether Vladimir Putin will be opposite him.
After a weekend of frantic diplomacy, during which the leaders of France, the UK, Germany and Poland visited Kyiv, the Russian president finally made his move.
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