the leaders will agree on a diplomatic costs to de escalate pensions over ukraine. samuel greene is director of the russia institute at kings college london. he joins his live from font and by scott, thanks so much for being with us. why do you think they decided to go ahead with the school getting they had only had one on december the 7th. it's hard to know what exactly the reason for it was it was for question by the, by the side of the white house. it's very clear that they didn't know exactly what the agenda was meant to be, to sort of things for them to, to talk about. right. but both administration need to be seen to be putting the effort in right for, for different reasons, right? for, for russia, this is an opportunity for putting to differential victory to show that that, that the maybe the west is buckling a little bit if he can, if he can benefit that way, for the bargain ministration, of course, for the european allies is extremely important to to really do everything they can short of, you know, making concessions that they can make to ensure peace and security in and around ukr

the leaders will agree on a diplomatic costs to de escalate tensions over ukraine. samuel greene is director of the russia institute at kings college london. he joins his live from font and by scott, thanks so much for being with us. what you think they decided to go ahead with this cool getting they had only had one on december the 7th. i heard you know, what exactly the reason for it was it was.

well, samuel green is director of the russia institute, kings college london. he says the call is unlikely to lead to anything significant for good things for them to to talk about right. but both administrations need to be seen ought to be putting the effort in right for, for different reasons, right? for, for russia, this is an opportunity for put into differential victory to show that the maybe the west is buckling a little bit if he can, if he can spend it that way, for the bargain ministration, of course, for the european allies is extremely important to, to really do everything they can short of, you know, making concessions that they can make to ensure peace and security in and around ukraine. it's really very difficult to see a scenario in which states and the rest of the nato allies could make a commitment that they could live with. the usaa, for example, could, could pass an informal treaty and that russia would see as, as binding. and i think that the motto is certainly smart enough to, to, to know that. so i think what they're really after here is a

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