"You have to know that we're going to make a deal. I'm not going to be wasting my time,"
"I've always had a great relationship with Vladimir Putin, but this has been very disappointing. I thought this would have gotten done before peace in the Middle East,"
"unfriendly step"
"have indeed damaged the prospects of resuscitating our relations"
The US president will not meet the Russian president unless a concrete deal to end the war in Ukraine is expected. A planned Budapest meeting was canceled, with the possibility of a meeting at another time. The administration has prepared additional sanctions against Russia's economy that could be imposed if Russia refuses a peace deal. The United States sanctioned Rosneft and LUKoil on October 22, and the European Union targeted Rosneft and Gazpromneft a day later. The Kremlin described the measures as an "unfriendly step" and said they "have indeed damaged the prospects of resuscitating our relations" with Washington.
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