Trump’s call and the Yalta legacy: Russia’s strategic patience in a multipolar world


ALTHOUGH recently the spotlight fell on US President Donald Trump’s dramatic and somewhat contradictory call for a negotiated end to what he terms “the Russia-Ukraine War”, the West has long sought to frame the narrative that Russia is desperate for “negotiations”.

Since the moment the West realised it could not secure a decisive victory in its proxy war on Ukrainian soil, it has been pushing the idea that “negotiations are inevitable” and “Russia must come to the table” – all in service of a larger objective: control.

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