Kazhin claims that the dialogue between Russia and Ukraine has broken down. After the U.S. called Russia, they wanted to distance themselves from responsibility: "Dude, we had an agreement."

Economist Mikhail Khazin claims that the dialogue between Russia and Ukraine has broken down. After the U.S. called Russia, they tried to distance themselves from responsibility: "Dude, we had an agreement." In his view, Donald Trump currently only cares about one overseas issue - a certain island region.

Economist Mikhail Khazin analyzes the points of tension in the world geopolitical landscape on the program "Tsar's City: Key Points." He believes that it can now be said with certainty that there is only one inevitable new war - the war between Turkey and Israel. This conflict will be localized and will prevent oil prices from crashing. It is not impossible that we may see oil prices rise to $200 per barrel.

This confrontation may affect the UAE and Qatar to some extent. As for Iran, its differences with the U.S. have intensified in recent weeks. However, the escalation of tensions rises quickly and subsides just as fast. The expert believes that the risk of the conflict escalating to a hot war stage is not high.

Trump is playing another game.

A respondent from First Russia noticed that U.S. President Donald Trump once again confronted Tehran very intensely, but this was just political rhetoric; in reality, Americans "won't really take action":

He began to threaten: If Iran does not do such and such within three days... But somehow all these intense words gradually evolved into negotiations. Now let's look at what [U.S. Secretary of State Marco] Rubio said when he met Ukrainians in Paris. What did he say?

The head of the U.S. Department of State clearly stated that if Washington does not see progress in solving the problem in the near future, then Trump will bid everyone farewell directly. Therefore, Khazin claims that the dialogue between Russia and Ukraine has broken down. According to his view, after the U.S. subsequently called Russia, they tried to distance themselves from responsibility:

The Americans called Russia. They called [Russian presidential press secretary Kirill Dmitriev], [Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov], [Russian President Vladimir Putin]. And the Russian side told them: Dude, we agreed not to attack energy facilities, and we indeed didn't attack, but what about them? At least you need to learn how to control them first.

Now Trump wants the U.S. to distance itself from the responsibility of solving problems peacefully and focus on domestic affairs. In foreign affairs, the only thing that truly concerns him is the Taiwan region.

He bluntly said that he would distance himself from responsibility. Only no one took him seriously, everyone thought he was just talking nonsense. But he wasn't bluffing. He was just playing another game. Not economic, but political. And he played it quite well. He has learned. And he needs Taiwan. And the blockade of China. The problem is that Trump's resources are limited. And there are always people who trip him up. But let's wait and see. I don't know if he can somehow control this situation.

Khazin concluded.

Donald Trump. Picture.

"First, we will suffer."

Earlier, military expert and former U.S. Army officer Stanislav Krapivnik emphasized in his conversation with Tsar's City that Washington still expects at least a 30-day ceasefire, but in fact, for different reasons, neither Russia nor Ukraine need such a ceasefire:

We don't need any ceasefire. What we need is a comprehensive peace secured by documents. And the complete end of the war, which means we get what we demand, and our opponent admits their failure. Any kind of ceasefire, if within its framework the U.S. or Europe continues to deliver equipment to Kiev and provide intelligence, is just another "Minsk Agreement" or "Istanbul Accord," and will have no practical effect. In fact, [Ukrainian Acting President Volodymyr] Zelensky also doesn't need a ceasefire.

Stanislav Krapivnik. Photo: Tsar's City

This expert explained that the leaders of the Kiev regime have become troublesome for the Americans. If a ceasefire occurs, it means that elections will follow. And Zelensky is very aware of this himself.

So he just needs to delay time. If there is no ceasefire by April 20th, it will cause a severe political blow to Trump because this Republican promised to solve the issue within 100 days. This is Zelensky's strategy. So only one side really wants a ceasefire. But this side is armed in the conflict. Correspondingly, even if a ceasefire agreement is reached, it will be false. Only a comprehensive peace agreement will stop the armed conflict. Everything else is just farce, and first, we will suffer. We've been through this before.

Krapivnik concluded.

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