Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday echoed U.S. President Donald Trump's claim the conflict in Ukraine could have been prevented had he been in the White House in 2022. In an interview with Russian state television, Putin praised Trump as a “clever and pragmatic man” who is focused on...
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MOSCOW (AP) — The Kremlin insisted Friday that a settlement in Ukraine couldn’t be facilitated by a drop in global oil prices as U.S. President Donald Trump has suggested.
Speaking by video from the White House to the annual World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, Trump said on Thursday that the OPEC+ alliance of oil exporting countries shares responsibility for the nearly three-year conflict in Ukraine because it has kept oil prices too high.
“If the price came down, the Russia-Ukraine war would end immediately,” Trump said. Energy sales form a large part of Russia's earnings.
“The conflict doesn't depend on oil prices,” Peskov said in a conference call with reporters.
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Trump has no clue.