Witkoff’s visit to Moscow brings no agreements – Dmitry Solonnikov

Political scientist Dmitry Solonnikov spoke to Alpha News about the Tuesday talks in Moscow between Donald Trump’s special envoy Steve Witkoff and Vladimir Putin.

“There will be no agreements. Witkoff will bring certain materials prepared by the United States together with Europe and Ukraine, as their proposals for the foundations of a peace settlement. What exactly they contain, we do not know, since there have been no official publications. From the information available in the media, one can conclude that none of Russia’s demands are included. There is no mention of denazification, no demilitarization of Ukraine, nothing about the Russian language, Russian culture, or ending genocide based on national, linguistic, cultural, or religious grounds. On the contrary, it is about preserving Ukrainian authority, not about eliminating the neo-fascist regime on Ukrainian territory. Yes, there will be some discussion of territories—partly here, partly there. But if we recall the beginning of the special military operation, there was no talk of territories at all; it was specifically about combating neo-fascist manifestations,” the expert said.

Solonnikov views the visit of the American delegation as just another stage in the long series of mutual consultations between Washington and Moscow.

“His visit cannot be described as ‘successful’ or ‘unsuccessful.’ He will come, bring some proposals. Russia will respond with its own proposals, which will not directly correspond to what Witkoff brings. Then negotiations will begin on how to proceed with all this. His visit is positive. He will come, they will talk—and talking is always better than silence. But what he brings will most likely not become the basis for negotiations. This is simply one stage in a long negotiation process,” Solonnikov emphasized.

The expert also commented on Armenian Foreign Minister Ararat Mirzoyan’s visit to Brussels.

“The parallel visit of the Armenian delegation to the European Union and Witkoff and Kushner’s visit to Moscow are in no way connected. The only common factor is timing. Therefore, Armenia will continue its course toward Europe, but it will not officially announce a break in relations with Russia before the elections in June next year—this is a separate track. Armenia has been following it for many years and will continue to do so. The negotiation track between Russia and America will also continue, and it has nothing to do with Armenia. These are two completely different processes that simply happened to coincide in time,” he concluded.