Bondarev also said Putin sees negotiations only as a vehicle “to deliver him whatever he wants," adding it's “astonishing” that Western leaders still don't understand Kremlin tactics.
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… At least that’s what it looks like,” said Boris Bondarev, a former Russian diplomat who quit after Moscow invaded Ukraine in 2022.
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