Instead of concessions about Ukraine, the Kremlin offered Trump's economic benefits and investments - ISW

Russian officials in Saudi Arabia have begun that it is likely that attempts to push the United States to agree to economic and investment benefits instead of any real concessions regarding Ukraine. About it writes "Institute of War Study" (ISW) with reference to the comments of CNN CEO of the Russian Direct Investment Fund Kirill Dmitriev. Dmitriev was part of the Russian delegation in Saudi Arabia and met with several unpaid US delegation members in Riyadh before official talks on February 18.

He denied that Moscow sought to relieve sanctions, stating that both the United States and Russia would benefit from economic cooperation. On February 18, he announced that he would provide US delegations in Saudi Arabia to estimate that US companies have lost $ 300 billion because of his departure from the Russian market.

Dmitriev stated that large American oil companies have been doing a very successful business in Russia and that companies will return to Russia "at some point" because they will not "give up" the opportunities offered by Russia in terms of access to natural resources. Dmitriev stated that the delegation of the Russian Federation has put forward a number of uncertain economic proposals that the United States is considering.

He believes that progress can be made in these areas over the next two to three months. The Russian representative also urged Russia and the US to create joint projects in the Arctic, and a representative of the Russian Embassy in Canada Vladimir Proskuryakov, who is reported, was a specialist in the Arctic, was also present at a bilateral meeting on February 18.

The Kremlin apparently tries to push the United States to accept economic conditions that are not related to the war in Ukraine, possibly in exchange for Ukrainian and Western concessions about the war. "The adoption of America by Russia's economic measures-without the demand of any concessions against Ukraine-would deprive the US levers that will be needed to achieve Trump's goal, that is, a strong and sustainable peace, which would be profitable and United States, and Ukraine,"-said Authors.

According to them, Dmitriev tried to present economic incentives as more beneficial to the United States than for the Russian Federation, but in fact, Russia itself need urgent economic assistance to prevent impending crisis in 2025 and 2026. We will remind that Lavrov spoke about negotiations in Riyadh: in particular about territorial concessions and participation of the European Union. Earlier it was reported that Zelensky commented on Odessa "after a notorious meeting in Riyadh".