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Peace deal:US to fill its boots at Ukraine and Russia's expense

War and conflict
#1

The two truths of war.

To the victor, the spoils.
And to the backers, the profits.

Draft peace agreement leaked.

It seems as if Russia’s war aims will be met, but at appreciable cost.
See Items 13 and 14 highlighted below.

Ukrainian MP publishes purported terms of new peace deal

Kiev earlier confirmed having received a draft from the US and signaled a readiness to discuss it

  1. Russia will be reintegrated into the global economy:
    a. The lifting of sanctions will be discussed and agreed upon gradually and on an individual basis.
    b. The United States will conclude a long-term economic cooperation agreement aimed at mutual development in the fields of energy, natural resources, infrastructure, artificial intelligence, data-processing centres, rare-earth mining projects in the Arctic, and other mutually beneficial corporate opportunities.
    c. Russia will be invited to return to the G8.

  2. Frozen assets will be used in the following way: $100 billion of frozen Russian assets will be invested in US-led reconstruction and investment efforts in Ukraine. The United States will receive 50% of the profits from this undertaking. Europe will add another $100 billion to increase the total investment available for Ukraine’s reconstruction. Frozen European assets will be unfrozen. The remaining frozen Russian assets will be invested in a separate American-Russian investment vehicle that will implement joint American-Russian projects in areas to be determined. This fund will be aimed at strengthening bilateral relations and increasing shared interests in order to create strong motivation not to return to conflict.

So…

Russia will not be free of sanctions, the US is free to resist the lifting of each one individually.

And US reconstruction in Ukraine will create a bonanza of profits, funded out of Ukraine’s untold and untapped mineral and resource wealth; as well as helping itself to half of $100bn of frozen Russian assets.

ED

#2

According to Maria Zakarova, the official spokesperson for the Russian Foreign Ministry, the Russians only know about this proposal from the media. According to Larry Johnson, there is no chance whatever of the proposal being seriously considered.

https://sonar21.com/the-alleged-28-point-ukrainian-and-russian-peace-plan/

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#3

Thanks for this @PatB. Looks like the list is a US wish list.
“A peace deal where you both give me all the money I want guys”
A bit naive of me but I heard the BBC talking about it with a strategic policy wonk from Chatham House who explained that it gave Putin everything he wanted.

That’s an impressive Q+A from Zakharova dealing with great questions from leading critics of western discourse on Russia.
Pity the sound isn’t right due to the interpreter clashing with the voice of the speaker; but I persevered, probably worth it despite the length.

#4

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“A peace deal where you both give me all the money I want guys
[/quote] :smile:

Once again, Larry Johnson has shown the difference between Russian and western media. Despite being a well used “talking head” on many mainstream media channels in the past, including the BBC, RT was the only one EVER, where he was not pre-briefed or given a list of acceptable questions. His, and Judge Nap’s Russian meetings were likewise, never scripted and nothing was made out of bounds before they started. So much for western free speech.