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Will the US succeed in sabotaging negotiations with Russia?
2022-01-11
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.
by Aleksandr Khaldyi

[REGNUM] Talks between Russia and the United States on the issue of security guarantees, even before their start, ran into a negotiating impasse. The parties have not yet been able to agree even on an agenda. Russia insists on one thing, the United States on another. What is going on now, in fact, is not negotiations, but preparation for the opportunity to enter them.
Posted by:badanov

#4  Give us everything we want or you are a saboteur!
Posted by: Huparong Cloluper8853   2022-01-11 23:50  

#3  Bizarre take on Diplomacy, but then it is Russian!
Diplomacy consists of, as I understand it, One diplomat stating their position paper (Remember the old TV Beer Ad: "Tastes Great!" ?) and the other diplomat stating their country's position paper ("Less filling! LESS Filling!"). They both then break for lunch. This rather silly process repeats every day until one side *Blinks* ("Tastes sorta Great!" Or "Is mostly Filling"). The other, non-blinking side then demands further concessions...
Posted by: magpie   2022-01-11 17:03  

#2  Brandon, who has stood in many britches.
Posted by: swksvolFF   2022-01-11 15:25  

#1  Not the US - Biden.
Biden is Russia's small window.
Posted by: 3dc   2022-01-11 00:52  

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