Decryption – Moscow still manages to finance his high war and military expenses, but at the cost of an increasingly weakened economy.
Dominant on the front in Ukraine, does Russia vacillate economically? This Friday, August 15, Donald Trump will welcome Vladimir Putin on the military base of Elmendorf-Richardson, in Alaska, their first meeting since 2019. Officially, the American president wants “listen” His Russian counterpart and assess the chances of a ceasefire.
Absent from the negotiating table, kyiv and the Europeans still intend to further accentuate the pressure on Moscow. If, in Brussels, we salute the diplomatic effort of the White House, the twenty-seven prepare a 19th pack of sanctions against Moscow, a sign that Trump’s outstretched hand does not slow down the will to strike the finances of the Kremlin, a fortiori in a context where the Russian economy shows signs of great fragiles. “Insofar as Russia has not accepted a complete and unconditional ceasefire, we should not even discuss concessions”hammered in early August Kala Kalla in early August, head of diplomacy …
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