Moscow playing with fire | Capital – Greece
Source: euro|topics
In Unian, political scientist Ihar Tyshkevich sees three key elements in Moscow’s negotiating strategy:
“Firstly, the attempt to broaden the field of discussion by offering the US services in other regions and demanding concessions on Ukraine in return. Secondly, the ‘fragmentation’ of the issues at stake in the war in Ukraine by attempting to turn individual components into independent negotiating points – such as the issue of the Black Sea, and in future perhaps also the energy issue. Thirdly, the US is being offered economic advantages (or simply resources) in return for certain political concessions. Russia’s positioning vis-à-vis China is not on the table yet. But I think Putin will haggle with both Washington and Beijing on this.”
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