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What Vladimir Putin really wants from Ukraine

14 March 2025

12:53 AM

14 March 2025

12:53 AM

Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin have very different negotiating styles. Trump lines up his offer in advance, browbeating all the parties on his own side into compliance before slapping his bottom line on the table. Putin, by contrast, is a haggler. He loads his proposals with superstructure intended to be jettisoned in the course of getting to yes.

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