US and Russia agree to outline Ukraine deal before heading to Alaska

According to TASS on August 11, Director of the Institute for Nuclear Studies of the American University in Washington, Professor Peter Kuznik, in an interview with this news agency said that the plan to hold a Russia-US summit in Alaska could indicate that Moscow and Washington have agreed on the outlines of an agreement on Ukraine.

“This is an extremely positive step in the right direction, despite all the opposition from Mr. Zelensky, the “coalition of the willing” of the West, which seems to want to fight for the last Ukrainian, as well as the Democrats and Republicans in the United States,” said renowned political scientist and historian Peter Kuznik, commenting on the summit between President Vladimir Putin and President Donald Trump held in Alaska on August 15.

“At least the parameters of the agreement are ready, otherwise the leaders of the two countries would not have had such a meeting. The failure of the meeting between Mr. Trump and Mr. Putin would be a disaster,” said expert Kuznik.

According to him, "those who do not want to see a meeting between Putin and Trump and oppose the idea that Ukraine will be forced to cede territory, that Mr. Zelensky will not attend the summit in Alaska, that Ukraine will have to abandon its desire to join NATO and make other concessions, that the United States can lift sanctions on Russia. And especially, do not accept the fact that Mr. Putin will be the winner. They do not want to see the normalization of relations between Russia and the United States," said expert Kuznik.

He also spoke in support of talks involving the leaders of Russia, Brazil, India, China and the United States.

"I expect and would like to see a meeting with the participation of President Trump, President Putin and Chinese President Xi Jinping at the commemoration in China on the occasion of the anniversary of the end of World War II in the development of the summit in Alaska," Kuznik emphasized. "It would be better if Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Brazilian President Luis Inacio Lula da Silva joined them," the expert expected.

According to Mr. Kuznik, Russia and the United States could join other countries in implementing joint development projects in the Arctic, as well as building a tunnel under the Bering Strait that would connect Russia and the United States by high-speed rail. Such cooperation could put the world back on the path of peace, initiating a de-escalation of tensions that have recently made global life extremely dangerous.

Meanwhile, President of the Washington Center for the National Interest Paul Saunders said in an interview with TASS reporters that the Alaska summit would give Russia an "important opportunity" to end the conflict in Ukraine and "begin to restore relations with the United States, which have been severely damaged," if Moscow shows flexibility.