“Extended” the requirements for Ukraine. What Putin wants from negotiations and why the US offers rare earth metals – parsing the dictator’s statements from ISW

This was reported in the construction of the Institute of War Study (Isw) for February 25.

Putin In an interview Propaganda Paul Zarubin tried to use new wording to paraphrase Own The calls for overthrow of power in Ukraine, which has been announced since 2021, said ISW analysts.

The Russian dictator stated that Russia is allegedly “Has nothing against “preserving Ukrainian statehood, but wants Ukraine to” turn into a friendly neighboring state “and that allegedly “The Ukrainian territory was not used as a bridgehead to attack Russia in the future.

The ISW emphasizes that Putin’s calls to “turn” Ukraine into a “friendly” state demonstrate that the dictator still seeks to eliminate democratically elected power in Ukraine and establish the pro -Kremlin government. Earlier, the Kremlin used poorly veiled calls for “denacification” to demand a change in the Ukrainian authorities. Now Putin seems to use new formulations to put forward the same requirements, experts state.

In addition, the Dictator of the Russian Federation proposed to conclude an agreement with the United States on Russian rare earth minerals – within the limits of attempts “To overcome Ukraine.

In his attempts to call the US to invest in Russian rare earth minerals Putin included mineral resources both in Russia and temporarily occupied Russian Federation territories of Ukraine. Moreover, the Dictator of the Russian Federation also proposed to conclude an agreement with Washington on the supply of Russian aluminum, analysts of the institution said.

As noted in Isw, The Kremlin puts any future cooperation in the USA As for rare earth minerals depending on the conclusion “profitable ”for aggressor countries Russia of a peace agreement within the framework of the Russian Federation against Ukraine.

Putin’s dictator continues to show his unwillingness to concern the war against the Russian Federation against Ukraine, arguing that it “supports Europe in negotiations.”

Answering the question of Zarubin’s propagandist on how Putin evaluates the requirements of Europeans about “The right to vote in negotiations ”regarding Ukraine, the dictator stated that” he sees nothing wrong here. ”

But then Putin began to declare that “probably no one can demand anything here, especially from Russia,” but they can “Try to make demands on someone else, ”which testifies to the Kremlin’s reluctance to compromise in future negotiations, it is considered in ISW.

Putin’s proposal with Rare Earth metals from the Russian Federation – what is known

On February 24, Russian dictator Volodymyr Putin stated that the Russian Federation is ready to work with foreign partners in the field of development of rare earth metals (primarily with the US), including “in the temporarily occupied territories of Ukraine. “

In particular, Putin convened a meeting on the development of rare earth metals in the Russian Federation, and also stated that they “They are critical for microelectronics, energy, digital economy, as well as the civil and defense sectors of Russia. ”

On the same day, US President Donald Trump at a meeting with French President Emmanuel Macron said Washington “It can conclude economic agreements with Russia. “

“They have a lot of what we want … they have huge reserves of rare earth metals, it is a huge territory … They have very valuable things that we would need, and we have what they would need. It would be great [якби мимогли укласти угоду]”, – said the US President.

On February 25, representatives of the investigation project system The TV channel is inaccessible to the Time and the Russian service of Radio Liberty that the only large manufacturer of rare earth metals in Russia – the Solicama Magnesium Plant (SMZ) – recently nationalized and then handed over by the State Corporation of Rosatom, which is taken care of by the longtime friend of Putin’s dictator Mikhail Kovalchuk.