"No stimulus": the media learned why Putin actually agreed to meet Trump on Alaska

To spread: Russian President Vladimir Putin has agreed to meet with US President Donald Trump because they fear that the American leader is completely disappointed in him. The President of the Russian Federation does not plan to abandon his territorial ambitions or consider adverse conditions of peace, Financial Times writes. Choosing the state of Alaska for the meeting is also convenient for Putin, as this territory in the XIX century during Emperor Alexander II was sold.

"This place is evidenced as a reminder that national borders are not unchanged, and land can be currency for public administration," the material reads. Analysts believe that neither the balance of power on the battlefield nor budget restrictions will not affect the decision of the Russian President to reduce their maximalist territorial ambitions or consider adverse conditions of peace.

Instead, Putin focuses on supporting open dialogue with Trump so that the disappointment of the US presidential about Moscow does not start expensive. "Putin does not have an incentive to stop the war now. It is important for him to keep Trump's attention,"-explained the employee of the Center Carnegie "Russia-Eurasia" Alexander Prokopenko.

At the same time, a professor of Russian politics in Kings College of London, Sam Grin, stressed that a meeting on Alaska is a consequence of both Putin and Trump "drove themselves into a dead end. " According to Green, Putin was never going to announce the Trump agreement, not to show pressure under pressure, and Trump was concerned about the prospect of imposing sanctions that may eventually be ineffective and "show weakness for the second time.

" "The fact that Putin goes to the United States is not as a prisoner that he has become a disappointment with the desired guest, and that the meeting is happening without Ukrainians and Europeans - all this is a diplomatic victory," Green said. And the sanctions imposed by Western partners of Ukraine, including the United States, cannot change the position of the Kremlin head. "Putin's threat is a symptom of Trump's disappointment.