Hello everyone,
Welcome to my - Eyes on Eurasia podcast with Glen Howard. Today’s podcast marks our 15th episode, and since a lot has been happening in US-Russian relations regarding Ukraine we thought it would be a good idea to catch up on US-Russian relations on ending the Ukraine War.
With a big meeting taking place on Monday, March 25, in Riyadh, this episode will help you learn more about the two Kremlin officials dispatched by President Putin to lead the Russian negotiators. These are Sergey Beseda, an FSB General previously in charge of its fifth directorate who played a key role in organizing the Russian invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, and Grigory Karasin, a former diplomat who is a member of the Russian Federation Council.
To learn more about these two Russian officials and the Kremlin's negotiating approach to the talks in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, we sat down with former Kremlin insider Andrei Illarionov to learn more about how the Kremlin is interacting with President Trump on talks to end the war. More importantly, we will learn who exactly is manipulating whom in these upcoming negotiations between the United States, Russia, and Ukraine now described by US officials as ‘technical talks’ - on ending Russia’s war against Ukraine.
Andrei first appeared in our podcast on February 1st, entitled: Trump-Putin 2.0 and the Future of US-Russia Relations, which ranked as one of our most popular podcast interviews so far in our Eyes on Eurasia podcast series. Andrei is a former economic adviser to Russian President Vladimir Putin who now lives in the United States and is currently a Senior Fellow with the Center for Security Policy and a frequent commentator on Russian politics and foreign policy.
Enjoy!
Glen
**For more information on how a Russia-Ukraine ceasefire might affect Black Sea security, please check out the recent analysis that I wrote for The Saratoga Foundation at the link below:
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