PUTIN IS SAID TO TEST TRUMP'S WILLINGNESS TO PUSH THE EU ON SANCTIONS
ACCORDING TO SOURCES FAMILIAR WITH THE SITUATION, THE KREMLIN HAS A PLANNED STRATEGY IN PLACE TO SEE HOW FAR TRUMP WILL GO IN PRESSURING EUROPE TO EASE SANCTIONS.
RUSSIA IS DEMANDING THAT ONE OF ITS LARGEST STATE BANKS BE RECONNECTED TO THE SWIFT INTERNATIONAL MESSAGING SYSTEM IN EXCHANGE FOR RECOGNISING A TRUCE STRUCK BY THE UNITED STATES IN THE BLACK SEA.
THE GOAL OF SELECTING THE RUSSIAN AGRICULTURAL BANK WAS TO SEE IF TRUMP WOULD FIRST ENGAGE WITH THE CONCEPT AND THEN WHETHER HE COULD BRING THE EUROPEAN UNION ON BOARD, ACCORDING TO TWO KREMLIN SOURCES. THE EU HAS CONTROL OVER SWIFT, WHICH IS HEADQUARTERED IN BELGIUM. ...
ACCORDING TO SOURCES FAMILIAR WITH THE SITUATION, THE KREMLIN HAS A PLANNED STRATEGY IN PLACE TO SEE HOW FAR TRUMP WILL GO IN PRESSURING EUROPE TO EASE SANCTIONS.
RUSSIA IS DEMANDING THAT ONE OF ITS LARGEST STATE BANKS BE RECONNECTED TO THE SWIFT INTERNATIONAL MESSAGING SYSTEM IN EXCHANGE FOR RECOGNISING A TRUCE STRUCK BY THE UNITED STATES IN THE BLACK SEA.
THE GOAL OF SELECTING THE RUSSIAN AGRICULTURAL BANK WAS TO SEE IF TRUMP WOULD FIRST ENGAGE WITH THE CONCEPT AND THEN WHETHER HE COULD BRING THE EUROPEAN UNION ON BOARD, ACCORDING TO TWO KREMLIN SOURCES. THE EU HAS CONTROL OVER SWIFT, WHICH IS HEADQUARTERED IN BELGIUM. ...
