What Trump's plan for Ukraine hides: Russian energy recovery and American investment in Russia. European diplomat: “A new economic Yalta”
The peace plan proposed by Donald Trump for Ukraine would include major concessions made to Russia, from the resumption of energy supplies to Europe to American investments in strategic sectors of Moscow, reveals the Wall Street Journal.
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The annexes to the document, recently sent to European leaders, are raising concerns in Brussels, where one diplomat describes the proposals as “a new economic Yalta”.
According to the WSJ, one of the annexes to the plan details a mechanism through which financial institutions and American companies would receive access to Russian sovereign assets blocked in the West – worth more than 200 billion dollars – to invest in projects in Ukraine.
One of these projects would be the construction of a large data center, powered by the Zaporozhye nuclear power plant, now under the control of Russian forces.
The documents described by the American publication also mention the intention for American companies to enter strategic industries of Russia, such as the extraction of rare metals and oil exploration in the Arctic, fields that are currently under strict control of the Russian state.
The cited publication claims that another sensitive component is the resumption of Russian energy flows to Western Europe and global markets, a measure that would mark a radical change compared to the current sanctions regime and the energy policy adopted by the EU after the invasion of Ukraine.
The proposals have caused unease among European officials, who fear a potential bilateral deal between Washington and Moscow would redraw the balance of power on the continent, leaving Ukraine in a position to accept major concessions.
A European diplomat declared, under the protection of anonymity, that the outlined scenario resembles “an economic Yalta”, in which the great powers once again share their spheres of influence in Europe.
