Vladimir Putin, the president of Russia, says he wants “eternal peace” for Ukraine. This is the same Russian president who, over five years ago, gave the order to launch a full-scale invasion of Russia’s neighbour and now opposes the notion of a comprehensive ceasefire.
What does Moscow say is necessary for peace? Following discussions with US envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner, the Kremlin articulated “A new, long-term architecture of indivisible security and peace.”
Translated from Kremlin jargon, it signals Moscow’s desire to reshape European security arrangements in ways that benefit Russia. Perhaps the largest alteration to European security arrangements since the end of the Cold War is what Russia is advocating.
The Kremlin has reintroduced its contentious proposal from December 2021, the “draft treaties” with the US and NATO that would have not only stopped the alliance’s eastward expansion by providing Moscow with firm assurances that, for example, Georgia and Ukraine would never be permitted to join, but also removed NATO military infrastructure from nations in central and eastern Europe that joined after the Soviet Union fell apart.
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