Summary

The White House has directed the State and Treasury Departments to draft a proposal for lifting some U.S. sanctions on Russia as part of Trump’s effort to restore ties and end the Ukraine war.

The proposal could ease restrictions on select Russian entities and oligarchs, though it’s unclear what the U.S. would receive in return.

Trump has signaled openness to sanctions relief despite previously threatening harsher measures.

Talks between U.S. and Russian officials have intensified, with economic cooperation, including rare earth minerals, emerging as a key topic.

      • @jj4211
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        411 hours ago

        Both Putin and Trump are 80s relics and so it matters little how much the wor[l]d has changed, the cold war facet applies to the blindly pro-russian stance of Trump.

        Of all the stances to take, this one is insane. Almost every violent conflict has shades of gray, nuance rather than unambiguous good and bad. The Ukraine-Russia conflict is one of those supremely rare straightforward ones where Russia is just straight up the bad guys.

        • Fair Fairy
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          If china is about to kill you economy, who gives a damn about Russia?b

          And u clearly have no historical knowledge of that conflict.

      • @uienia
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        1218 hours ago

        Which has nothing to do with anything, but I bet it sounded cool in the goo in your numbskull.

        • Fair Fairy
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          I disagree with Trump on many things, just not Ukraine Russia

          • @1847953620
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            914 hours ago

            “I put at least some minimal effort into looking like I don’t just fantasize gargling their balls. Even though I do.”

        • Fair Fairy
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          -3119 hours ago

          This is a total lie. there is no sense to keep funding stupid usaid propaganda - it keeps population dumb

          • @[email protected]
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            515 hours ago

            Well Russia was doing all this same stuff back the too so I’m not really wrong. They certainly aren’t more peaceful these days.

          • Brumefey
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            918 hours ago

            it keeps population dumb

            You mean dumb like all those Trump Musk supporters ? Or dumb because educational programs have been defunded, and fed by social media and classic media controlled by the rich men having power ?

      • @Zron
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        191 day ago

        Yeah, note instead of Russia being a communist authoritarian hellscape, it’s a capitalist authoritarian hellscape.

        Very different

        • Fair Fairy
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          1 day ago

          Isnt that what us is? Capitalist authoritarian hellscape?

          • @jj4211
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            111 hours ago

            That’s certainly the trajectory Project 2025 wants to really drive home. That’s not exactly a defense of Russia.

      • @Ledivin
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        Yes, but Russia (or at least Putin) hasn’t.

        • @[email protected]
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          011 hours ago

          He came into power almost a decade after the Cold War ended, so I don’t get what you mean

          • Echo Dot
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            010 hours ago

            You’re an idiot then. He was literally a KGB agent. This isn’t even hard to find information, if you Google him it’s on Wikipedia you’ve done literally zero research.

      • @T00l_shed
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        71 day ago

        Trump is so l still a Russian asset. Doing russias bidding