According to reports, a few months ago, US President Trump's special envoy for Eastern European affairs proposed to Trump a new plan to break the impasse in US-Russia relations: Russia releases some political prisoners, while the US returns by easing economic sanctions against Russia. Trump has agreed to advance this line of thinking. This plan, which is still in its early stages and has not been publicly reported, aims to simultaneously advance Trump's multiple goals, including promoting Russia's reintegration into the global economy and expanding the scope of negotiations between the US and Russia from the long-unresolved conflict in Ukraine to broader issues. Related discussions also covered the possibility of future commercial cooperation between the US and Russia in the fields of petroleum, diesel, rare earth minerals, and other commodities. The report also pointed out that last week, Trump announced that the US is negotiating a “large-scale” potash deal with Belarus, and Russia is also participating in related discussions. If finally reached, this will be one of the few exceptions to trade cooperation between the US and Russia since the Russian-Ukrainian conflict broke out.

According to reports, a few months ago, US President Trump's special envoy for Eastern European affairs proposed to Trump a new plan to break the impasse in US-Russia relations: Russia releases some political prisoners, while the US returns by easing economic sanctions against Russia. Trump has agreed to advance this line of thinking. This plan, which is still in its early stages and has not been publicly reported, aims to simultaneously advance Trump's multiple goals, including promoting Russia's reintegration into the global economy and expanding the scope of negotiations between the US and Russia from the long-unresolved conflict in Ukraine to broader issues. Related discussions also covered the possibility of future commercial cooperation between the US and Russia in the fields of petroleum, diesel, rare earth minerals, and other commodities. The report also pointed out that last week, Trump announced that the US is negotiating a “large-scale” potash deal with Belarus, and Russia is also participating in related discussions. If finally reached, this will be one of the few exceptions to trade cooperation between the US and Russia since the Russian-Ukrainian conflict broke out.