The proposal to give the US access to minerals would also include those from territories taken from Ukraine.

Summary

Vladimir Putin proposed offering the U.S. access to Russian rare minerals, including from Russian-occupied parts of Ukraine, in joint mining projects.

His offer follows U.S. pressure on Ukraine to grant mineral access in exchange for aid.

Putin dismissed concerns over a U.S.-Ukraine agreement, claiming Russia has far greater resources. He also suggested U.S.-Russia collaboration on aluminium production.

Ukraine continues separate negotiations with both the U.S. and the EU.

  • @[email protected]English
    19•2 days ago

    On Tuesday, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told journalists the proposal opened up “quite broad prospects”, adding that the US needed rare earth minerals and Russia had “a lot of them”.

    That reads kind of desperate. Russia no longer has the ability to extract these resources themselves.

    • tehWrapperEnglish
      14•2 days ago

      I feel they are mostly talking about the minerals ‘they own’ in the occupied parts of Ukraine, and less in what we know as Russia.

      “As for the new territories, it’s the same. We are ready to attract foreign partners to the so-called new, to our historical territories, which have returned to the Russian Federation,” he added.

      • OptionalEnglish
        4•2 days ago

        republiQan scum allowed this. Traitors.

      • andrew_bidlawEnglish
        2•2 days ago

        I’m still a bit nauseous hearing about their ethernal reich myth.