“And the Russians almost never lie.”
That thar is funny!
This is an incredibly long and detailed statement of what Russia apparently says it wants for peace. Stylisticly it is somewhat difficult to determine what is written by the author, what by Putin or Lavrov, and other sources. When I read the line “And the Russians almost never lie.” I nearly choked, remembering “The Big Lie” and how it has been Russian policy that it is fine to lie to achieve Russian goals. So how much of all these statements contain truth, and how much of a possible peace agreement could be mined from this slag mountain?