Trump assassinated Soleimani while his envoy Steve Whitkoff was in direct negotiations with him
And now Moscow looks at Washington with a completely different eye 👁️
📌 The downfall of three allies of Putin in less than 15 months: Assad in Syria, Maduro in Venezuela, and Soleimani in Iran weakened Russia on the international stage and made it watch Washington with extreme concern
🗣️ Did Kremlin insiders say?
A Russian academic close to senior diplomats said that these events create a very bad backdrop for any US-Russian talks, adding that it is incomprehensible how one can negotiate the Ukraine file if Washington behaves this way towards a Russian partner
📅 In the latest updates on peace negotiations, the last round of trilateral talks took place on February 16, and the Abu Dhabi round scheduled for early March was postponed due to the war on Iran
🔴 Russia shows flexibility on secondary procedural matters but is completely stagnant on core issues such as territory and security guarantees
🔴 Moscow categorically rejects the deployment of European and British peacekeeping forces in Ukraine, considering it a direct threat
💰 Russia now has an unexpected leverage
Chaos in the Middle East raises oil prices above $100 a barrel, injecting new life into the battered Russian economy and reducing Putin's need for compromise
🧠 The bigger picture, political analyst Vladimir Pastukhov says that the logic of the West in resolving crises from Belgrade 1999 to Tehran 2026 convinces Moscow that those who strike last are trampled first
Putin now points to Tehran and tells his hesitant allies: We would have been in their place 🎯
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