According to the opinion of journalists and journalists, the main task of Russian officials participating in negotiations with the USA is “dragging them as long as possible“.
The analysis of the correspondent “The Telegraph” Roland Oliphant is converged that we are dealing with “the language of the procedural swamp, not a diplomatic breakthrough“.
On Monday, US and Russia representatives talked about 12 hours in Saudi Arabia, but no details were reported immediately after the meeting. A joint statement was to appear on Tuesday; It did not eventually happen.
Trip in Ukraine. Russia plays on time, they have their goal in this
On Tuesday afternoon, the White House announced that Kyiv and Moscow agreed to ensure safe sailing and refraining from using force in the Black Seahowever, the parties to the conflict have not yet confirmed these reports.
– Time is now our ally And we will try to use it best – said an anonymous informant from the environment similar to the Kremlin for “The Moscow Times”, commenting on the backstage of negotiations. He also pointed to the Act on the annexation of the Craperson, Zaporoski, Donetsk and Lugansk Districts. According to the provisions of the Russian Constitution, it follows that The lands annexed by Moscow cannot be transferred.
This would mean what Vladimir Putin will probably strive for that the war will end when every centimeter of these territories will remain under the control of the Russians.
Another interlocutor “The Moscow Times”, in turn, reported that the Russian delegation received an eloquent command to “exactly look at every comma“.
Russia stretches negotiations as much as possible. “Classic tactics”
“This is a classic Russian negotiating tactic – every diplomat will tell you who stayed in one room with Sergei Ławrow (head of the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs – ed.)” – wrote Roland Oliphant in his analysis.
“By breaking down each proposal into an infinite number of fragmentsthey try to give the impression of cooperation, at the same time they play on time, delay conversations and try to force as much concessions as possible ” – this is how the actions of the Kremlin officials are to look like.
From the text it sounds that the goal of Russia is not “US irritation by saying 'no'”, but bringing Washington to the edge of patience And the conviction of the Americans that delay is Ukraine's fault, not the Kremlin.
Sources: Unian, “The Telegraph”, “The Moscow Times”