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RUSSIA ISN’T SOUNDING RATTLED BY TRUMP’S ULTIMATUM
>Russian officials and commentators have shown little indication that Moscow is about to change course under new pressure.
>“Many statements have been made,” Mr. Peskov said. “Many words about disappointment.” Ukraine, he added, was reading Washington’s support “as a signal to continue the war.”
>On state television, Russian commentators expressed doubt about Mr. Trump’s plans, saying the weapons he promises were unlikely to change the battlefield reality. Some also suggested Mr. Trump would be unable to penalize buyers of Russian oil without sharply increasing global oil prices, to the detriment of the United States and its Western allies.
>“I don’t think the Russians are overly impressed” said Alexander Gabuev, director of the Carnegie Russia Eurasia Center in Berlin, adding: “There is still more bark than bite.”
>Moscow wants to understand what is behind Mr. Trump’s threat to impose “very severe” tariffs within 50 days, Russia’s foreign minister, Sergey V. Lavrov, said on Tuesday. Mr. Lavrov mentioned other time frames that Mr. Trump had given previously, including a promise last year to end the conflict within 24 hours.
>“It used to be 24 hours,” he said. “It used to be 100 days. We have been through all of this, and we really want to understand what motivates the president of the United States.”
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