I hope. Putin advances and I regret he's not economically able to.

This episode is smelling more every day. It would sort of be plausible, if it weren't for Trump blocking the arm's length deal that Lukoil had already reached, thus holding the door open for his cronies.

Kremlin rushes to defend Jared Kushner as murky deal is exposed

After Kushner refuted claims that he was involved in a similarly beneficial deal in Israel on X, Russian special envoy Kirill Dmitriev replied to the post, defending Kushner.

“Jared is a Peacemaker. Peacemakers get attacked for peacemaking because warmongers lavishly fund those attacks. But Peacemakers will prevail and warmongers will lose. 🕊️,“ Dmitriev wrote.

Putin’s envoy responded to Kushner on Saturday as the Times piece about the Russia deal was circulating.

A spokeswoman for Witkoff told the Times that he, too, does not draw a government salary. She said Witkoff “has no conflict of interest, and no financial stake in this matter.”

“This is an alarming and very concerning set of entanglements,” Hui Chen, a former Justice Department ethics adviser, said of the Russian oil deal. “You have to question how the Trump administration is evaluating the different bidders involved here."

msn.com - Kremlin rushes to defend jared kushner as murky deal is exposed

Why would the Russian mouthpiece be defending Kushner about the Israeli deal, which does not involve Russia? The Israeli deal involves Kushner's investment in the Israeli arms industry, that is profiting from Israel attacking nearly everyone within reach.

Kushner is NO peacemaker. He is a war profiteer, while supposedly "helping" negotiate an end to the war his company is profiting from so handsomely.

Bombshell Report Exposes Jared Kushner’s Ties to Company Backing IDF

Shortly before Trump’s return to office last year, Jared Kushner’s Affinity Partners doubled its investment in Phoenix Financial, a Tel Aviv–based firm that has poured hundreds of millions of dollars into Elbit Systems, Israel’s largest arms manufacturer, as well as at least eight other companies that have seen massive gains as a result of Israel’s ongoing military campaign in Gaza.

Affinity Partners doesn’t benefit from any of these companies directly but has reaped massive rewards from its investment in Phoenix Financial. In July, Affinity cashed out a quarter of its stake for more than $340 million, which is more than five times the worth of its initial stock purchase.

newrepublic.com - Jared kushner ties company idf gaza

Remember, "NATO" made sure it's a long drawn out war - never gave "Zelensky" all he wanted to win quicker.

As I recall, it was Biden that was always keeping Kyiv on a short leash. Refusing to provide a particular system, for months, then providing it. Biden never provided any long range systems, to protect Russia. The Ukrainians developed their own long range systems.

iirc Trump is not funding the war, but he continues to ship parts and ammo, for the systems Biden provided, as long as the European members of NATO pay for it. Trump could put Kyiv in a bind, in a hurry, by cutting off the flow of parts and ammo, as part of an "arty deal" to pick up the Lukoil assets at a discount, in exchange for starving Kyiv.

Steve