As U.S. President Donald Trump announced talks to end Russia’s war with Ukraine, Eurasia Group President Ian Bremmer in an exclusive interview with VOA Russian describes how Trump will need to use a carrot and a stick to persuade Vladimir Putin to agree to a ceasefire. Bremmer believes that although Trump has far more leverage over Ukraine’s Volodymyr Zelenskyy than over Putin, the U.S. president can successfully achieve the end of the war by using hard-line approach and negotiating tactics.

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