Peter Baker, a veteran journalist and former Moscow correspondent for the New York Times, compared the White House’s decision to Kremlin tactics.
A majority of Russians are in favor of peace talks, but a very vocal minority eye US overtures with suspicion and contempt.
A new administration’s efforts to pressure the news media, punish political opponents and tame the nation’s tycoons evoke the early days of President Vladimir V. Putin’s reign in Russia.
US President Donald Trump on Friday hosted his Ukrainian counterpart Volodymyr Zelenskyy at Whit House and told him that he would support both Ukraine and Russia in the negotiations and also promised a “very fair” minerals deal that would permit US access to Ukraine’s natural resources,