“Isw reminds that Russia demanded from the West a certain weakening of sanctions as a preliminary condition for temporary ceasefire in the Black Sea”, – WRITE: www.radiosvoboda.org
“Russia is unlikely to agree to a” complete ceasefire without any conditions “within three weeks, given that Russia has demanded from the West a certain weakening of sanctions as a preliminary condition for temporary ceasefire in the Black Sea,” the report reads.
On March 30, US President Donald Trump stated that there is an indefinite “psychological deadline” for Russia to agree to the overall ceasefire. Trump was asked if there is a last time when the Russian Federation should agree to the ceasefire.
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After negotiations with the US side in Riyadh, the Kremlin said on March 25 that the agreement on the provision of navigation in the Black Sea was allegedly entered into force after removing a number of sanctions from the Russian Federation, in particular, sanctions from the Russian State Bank “Rosylgospbank” and organizations involved in international food.
On March 28, Bloomberg reported that Russia demands from the European Union (EU) to restore the connection of the Rosselgobank to the SWIFT international banking system as a prerequisite for the implementation of the Black Sea ceasefire as a test to determine whether the United States will meet the requirements of Russia and encourage European partners. In Europe, it is believed that it is too early to weaken sanctions on the Russian Federation.
On March 11, US representatives managed to obtain from Ukraine consent to a 30-day armistice. Putin did not discard this idea, but put forward his conditions.