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US-RUSSIA: Russia Will Wait For 'Concrete Peace Initiatives' From Trump, Lavrov

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Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov told reporters that Russia will “study” US President-elect Donald Trump’s peace initiatives on Ukraine, “when he takes office,” another signal that a meeting between Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin may not take place in the early period of Trump’s second term. 

  • Lavrov added, per Reuters: “We will wait for concrete peace initiatives on Ukraine.”
  • Moscow appears to be adopting a wait-and-see strategy on Trump talks, with the Trump team managing expectations that a resolution to the conflict can be achieved within the first 100 days of the administration.
  • The final days of the Biden administration have seen a push to strengthen Kyiv’s negotiating position, hitting Moscow with sweeping sanctions on Russia’s energy sector and surging military hardware to assist with fortifying Ukrainian control of Russia’s Kursk region. 
  • Lavrov also addressed Trump’s comments on Greenland: “People of Greenland should be listened to first.” The Greenland comments are among the most geostrategically important of Trump's recent hawkish statements considering Moscow’s established presence in the Arctic and China’s self-declared status as a ‘near-Arctic state’, via which Beijing likely seeks greater influence over Arctic governance. Both will have long-term implications for hydrocarbon and mineral rights, navigation, and military predominance.
  • The Arctic Institute think tank noted this week: “Russian political experts suggest that the likelihood of Trump getting involved in a conflict with NATO allies over Greenland is low...” However, a renegotiated US-Greenland military accord could degrade Russia's long-term influence in the Arctic. 
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Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov told reporters that Russia will “study” US President-elect Donald Trump’s peace initiatives on Ukraine, “when he takes office,” another signal that a meeting between Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin may not take place in the early period of Trump’s second term. 

  • Lavrov added, per Reuters: “We will wait for concrete peace initiatives on Ukraine.”
  • Moscow appears to be adopting a wait-and-see strategy on Trump talks, with the Trump team managing expectations that a resolution to the conflict can be achieved within the first 100 days of the administration.
  • The final days of the Biden administration have seen a push to strengthen Kyiv’s negotiating position, hitting Moscow with sweeping sanctions on Russia’s energy sector and surging military hardware to assist with fortifying Ukrainian control of Russia’s Kursk region. 
  • Lavrov also addressed Trump’s comments on Greenland: “People of Greenland should be listened to first.” The Greenland comments are among the most geostrategically important of Trump's recent hawkish statements considering Moscow’s established presence in the Arctic and China’s self-declared status as a ‘near-Arctic state’, via which Beijing likely seeks greater influence over Arctic governance. Both will have long-term implications for hydrocarbon and mineral rights, navigation, and military predominance.
  • The Arctic Institute think tank noted this week: “Russian political experts suggest that the likelihood of Trump getting involved in a conflict with NATO allies over Greenland is low...” However, a renegotiated US-Greenland military accord could degrade Russia's long-term influence in the Arctic.