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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      42 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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      129 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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        -218 hours ago

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

        • @1847953620
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          95 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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        -2910 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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          46 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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          89 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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      1920 hours 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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        19 hours ago

        Isnt that what us is? Capitalist authoritarian hellscape?

        • @jj4211
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          12 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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      20 hours ago

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

      • @[email protected]
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        02 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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          11 hour 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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      720 hours ago

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