I think this could be a good sign, in that maybe there's a little honest rapprochement tucked up inside this development - like the Russians aren't just trying to spruce up their public image, but telling us they know they can't fight the whole world, and gee whiz, fellas - can't a dictator catch a break once in a while?
It could also be that somebody inside the Kremlin is trying to signal their willingness to countervail Putin.
Given Putin's appearance lately, and all the speculation about his health, and whether or not there are serious plots against him, there's got to be a shit load of weird skullduggery going on.
Russian ambassador says Kremlin wants to ‘stabilize’ relations with US
A Russian state news agency said on Monday that the Russian Ambassador to the U.S. was looking to stabilize relations with the U.S.
Anatoly Antonov said he wanted Russian-American relations to not only “stabilize” but to “develop,” according to a translated version of a report from the Russian state news agency, RIA.
“There is potential for this,” Antonov reportedly said on Russian television.
“Many very problems cannot be solved together without the participation of Russia and the United States,” he added, citing issues ranging from COVID-19 to weapons of mass destruction.
Antonov also accused the U.S. of effectively stealing from Russian’s by blocking certain accounts.
“You didn’t mention the huge funds that are frozen in American banks. I will say frankly: I think that they were simply stolen from us,” Antonov said in a translated version of another Ria report on Monday.
Since Moscow began its unprovoked invasion of Ukraine on Feb. 24, many western countries have imposed harsh sanctions against Russia, including sanctions on Russian banks, oligarchs, officials and their families.
The U.S. has also placed a ban on imports of Russian energy and signed legislation ending normal trade relations with Russia.
Just last week, the U.S. imposed sanctions on a private Russian commercial bank, Transkapitalbank, which has been used to conduct transactions instead of the SWIFT international banking communications system.
Bill Browder - via MSNBC:
EVENTUALLY,
THE EMPEROR'S ADVISORS
WILL COME TO HIM
NOT WITH NEWS
BUT WITH KNIVES
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