Janusz Bugajski

President Vladimir Putin’s failure to turn up in Istanbul for peace talks with Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has ratcheted up frustration in the Donald J. Trump administration over any agreement between Russia and Ukraine.…

The Trump administration is considering lifting sanctions on Russian oligarchs to placate Moscow and help facilitate a peace agreement with Ukraine. However, carte blanche sanctions relief is too extreme an approach and could damage U.S.…