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Trump’s envoy wants to trade Russian political prisoners for U.S. sanctions relief, creating a path to business deals before the war in Ukraine ends.

Trump’s envoy wants to trade Russian political prisoners for U.S. sanctions relief, creating a path to business deals before the war in Ukraine ends.

Trump’s envoy wants to trade Russian political prisoners for U.S. sanctions relief, creating a path to business deals before the war in Ukraine ends.

DARAMSUQ — As Syria faces a sensitive period politically, socially, and economically, the Syriac Cross Foundation for Relief and Development has held separate meetings with the Holy See’s diplomatic representative and a member of Syria’s People’s Assembly to discuss the role of civil society and the future of Christians in the country. A delegation from Syriac Cross met with the Papal Nuncio to Syria, Monsignor Luigi Roberto Cona, at the Apostolic Nunciature in Daramsuq (Damascus).

Trump’s envoy wants to trade Russian political prisoners for U.S. sanctions relief, creating a path to business deals before the war in Ukraine ends.

Trump’s envoy wants to trade Russian political prisoners for U.S. sanctions relief, creating a path to business deals before the war in Ukraine ends.

Trump says U.S. and Iranian negotiators are talking via mediators, but insists he has "offered them NOTHING" to get a peace deal done.

UN envoy Hans Grundberg says he met Houthi negotiators in Oman as part of an effort to prevent Yemen’s renewed fighting from spreading. His diplomatic outreach comes amid battles on the Red Sea coast, mounting displacement and conflicting accounts of a deadly strike in Taiz.

Trump’s envoy wants to trade Russian political prisoners for U.S. sanctions relief, creating a path to business deals before the war in Ukraine ends.

Trump’s envoy wants to trade Russian political prisoners for U.S. sanctions relief, creating a path to business deals before the war in Ukraine ends.

Trump’s envoy wants to trade Russian political prisoners for U.S. sanctions relief, creating a path to business deals before the war in Ukraine ends.

Trump’s envoy wants to trade Russian political prisoners for U.S. sanctions relief, creating a path to business deals before the war in Ukraine ends.

US President Donald Trump is considering a deal in which the Kremlin would free some political prisoners in exchange for the US easing sanctions on the Russian economy, The Atlantic reported on Tuesday. Trump's envoy to Eastern Europe, John Coale, proposed the initiative "a few months ago," and "Trump signed on," the report said. The initiative, which The Atlantic noted is "still in its early stages," would "promise to advance several of Trump's goals at once." "It would help reintegrate Russia into the global economy and broaden Trump's talks with the Kremlin beyond the intractable war in Ukraine, which his envoys have failed to end after more than a year of diplomacy...create a path for the US to sign lucrative deals involving Russian oil, diesel, rare earth minerals, and other commodities, [and] as a bonus, the release of prisoners on humanitarian grounds could bolster Trump's case for his long-coveted Nobel Peace Prize," the report said. However, this approach "is likely to outrage the Ukrainians, Europeans, and even many of Trump's allies on Capitol Hill," the report noted. This is because "any potential business deal between the US and Russia would risk funneling money to the Russian military even as it...

Trump’s envoy wants to trade Russian political prisoners for U.S. sanctions relief, creating a path to business deals before the war in Ukraine ends.

Trump’s envoy wants to trade Russian political prisoners for U.S. sanctions relief, creating a path to business deals before the war in Ukraine ends.