Negotiations in Istanbul: Kremlin tries to lower the stakes from the start

Some thoughts on the Istanbul talks.

1. One cannot help but note the paradox of completely different delegations from the Russian Federation - the one that met with the Americans and the one that is now at the talks in Istanbul. The composition is completely different. This means that either then or now (or both) Russia was "playing the fool". That is, it was/is setting completely different goals instead of the negotiations to end the war.

2. Regarding the "Istanbul warehouse". Along with the strange personality of Medinsky, who has been and is engaged in pseudo-historical justification of the Russian war against Ukraine (like the "suffering of young Werther") and publicly demonstratively cut bank cards in 2022 (like - Russia is not afraid of sanctions), the presence of two representatives of the "military wing" at least at least suggests that the issue of the demarcation line (for a truce on land) will be discussed.