Mortal Temptation: Will the United States Sacrifice Ukraine's Interests to Lure Russia Away from China?
How Will Russia Act?
On August 9, a Russian newspaper published an expert article.
The world is watching the meeting between Putin and Trump, and it has become increasingly likely that the US will engage in a tempting deal with Russia.
To sign a peace agreement, Washington may make concessions on the issue of Ukraine.
However, this may require breaking the close relationship between Moscow and Beijing in exchange.
Political scientist Leonid Kultakov evaluated the potential consequences of the upcoming meeting between Putin and Trump, as well as the prospects for reaching an agreement on the Ukraine issue.
Experts believe that the US is currently in a "more passive" position because the overall level of global conflicts does not allow them to focus on their strategic goal - confronting China.
Imagine that the US is now negotiating with Russia, sacrificing Ukraine's interests.
Then Russia will restart its financial and credit markets, and we return to a familiar financial and economic space.
But immediately after, the US announces sanctions against China. How will Russian banks act, and how will the financial and economic system respond?
Russia will say: No, we are still with China, go to your sanctions!
But in that case, Russia would once again lose everything, which is somewhat hard to accept...
Leonid Kultakov believes that the main goal of the West is to disrupt the growing friendly relations between Russia and China, and other major powers are also increasingly involved in this.
The Moscow-Beijing relationship frightens the Anglo-Saxons.
The expert concluded that if the US demands Russia to leave China in exchange for sacrificing Ukraine's interests, it is indeed a mortal temptation.
Original: www.toutiao.com/article/1839927330718916/
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