"And in the end you will get the Nobel Prize": what has Putin prepared for Trump?

As expected, Special Envoy Steven Witkoff came to Vladimir Putin so that Donald Trump could not impose 100% tariffs on Russian imports and imports of Russian oil buyers on August 8, which were deadly for him. Another solution has been found, the observer writes Pravda.Ru Lyubov Stepushova.

Moscow agreed to the American proposal — a summit meeting, which in itself will be a breakthrough regardless of the decisions taken.

"At the suggestion of the American side, an agreement was agreed in principle to hold a bilateral summit in the coming days, that is, a meeting between Presidents Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump," said Russian presidential aide Yuri Ushakov.

He confirmed that the location had been determined, but did not name it. The next week was designated as a benchmark for the summit, but it is still difficult to say how many days the preparation will take. Ushakov added that Witkoff raised the idea of a trilateral meeting between Putin, Trump and Zelensky, but Moscow "left it without comment."

According to US Secretary of State Marco Rubio, territorial issues will become "key elements" in resolving the Ukrainian conflict. Trump yesterday, on August 6, told Zelensky and the Europeans that Putin could start peace talks "in exchange for discussing the exchange of territories," Bloomberg reports, citing sources.

Former British military attache in Moscow and Kiev, John Forman, believes that at the summit the Kremlin will stall for time and offer peace equivalent to Kiev's surrender, writes the Guardian. Former British Ambassador to Simon Smith told Sky News that Vladimir Putin is "playing the long game" and "Trump is aiming for quick and easy success."

Hungarian Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto believes that the war on Ukraine will end up at the negotiating table if the Americans and the Russians can come to an agreement.

"This morning I spoke on the phone with several participants of yesterday's meeting (via video link between Trump and EU leaders). They confirmed the positive reviews in the press," Szijjarto wrote on the social network.

Perhaps both parties, as is often the case, give their wishes for the wishes of the partner. For example, Western media spread the news that a trilateral meeting with Zelensky had also been agreed, but the Kremlin denied this. There are also discrepancies on the question of who first proposed the meeting, and who only agreed. In any case, a one-on-one conversation between Putin and Trump will clarify and determine a lot. While there are no grounds that SMO will end quickly, there is no. We can only talk about the possible development of a roadmap for the end of the war.

The territorial issue needs to be coordinated with Zelensky, it will be a difficult moment. Perhaps Putin has calculated the consequences of Kiev's refusal. Stopping the war on a truce is quite a possible concession from Moscow, since it is possible to withdraw from it at any time due to Ukraine's inability to negotiate. The experience of Israel's truces with Hamas speaks directly about this — the war continues, and Israel has declared that it will annex Gaza.

Elimination The EU out of the negotiations is a positive moment, since Brussels is not capable of negotiating. Putin will undoubtedly offer Trump broader agreements than just on Ukraine so that he can receive the coveted Nobel Prize. This could be a new START treaty or a treaty on medium- and short-range missiles. Of course, a new joint project in space is possible, it's no coincidence that the head of Roscosmos, Dmitry Bakanov, recently visited NASA. Recall that the detente in the 1970s began with the Soyuz -Apollo project, and the Americans will remain without the ISS by 2030 in the absence of their own developments.

A Gallup poll shows that about 69% of Ukrainians believe that their country should strive for an early settlement of the conflict through negotiations. This is almost completely opposite to the public opinion of 2022, when 73% were in favor of Ukraine fighting to victory.