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Morning opening: What to do about Russia

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Morning opening: What to do about Russia

Jakub Krupa

Russian foreign minister Sergei Lavrov said that despite some early positive signs about the US-Russia relations under Donald Trump, “nothing is happening” in reality as the peace process to end the war in Ukraine appears to be stuck.

Speaking to Russian media, Lavrov said that “good words” on potential cooperations with the US had brought no results so far as “ nothing is happening in real life.”

“Aside from this regular dialogue – which is normal in relations between people and countries – everything else follows the pattern initiated by president Biden, ” Lavrov said, pointing to sanctions against Russia in particular.

None of this will particularly worry the leaders of the Bucharest Nine, who meet in, well, Bucharest for their summit today.

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