The exchange offer was recounted at the time in congressional testimony by Fiona Hill, who ran Russian and European affairs on the National Security Council during the first Trump administration.

  • resipsaloquitur@lemmy.world
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    2 months ago

    I don’t doubt this offer was made, but what, realistically, was Russia going to do about it?

    Russia couldn’t even support it’s CSTO partner Armenia against Azerbaijan.