https://www.bloomberg.com/view/articles/2016-10-04/putin-s-ultimatum-to-the-next-u-s-president
Putin delivered his message to the future U.S. president Monday, just as the U.S. State Department announced it was suspending negotiations with Russia on a ceasefire in Syria and Russia-backed Syrian troops moved to take more ground in Aleppo. In a billsubmitted to parliament, Putin threatened to end a joint U.S.-Russian disarmament program -- in which surplus weapons-grade plutonium is processed into fuel -- unless the U.S. meets certain conditions:
-Roll back North Atlantic Treaty Organization infrastructure and reduce NATO personnel to September 2000 levels;
-Repeal all U.S. sanctions against Russian individuals and businesses;
Compensate Russians for damages incurred by U.S. sanctions and by Russia’s “forced countersanctions”;
-Present a “clear plan of irreversible destruction” of U.S. surplus plutonium.
“He asked for too little,” Leonid Volkov, an anti-Putin politician, wrote sarcastically on Facebook. “He should have asked for Alaska back, eternal youth, Elon Musk and a ticket to Disneyland.”
Putin made a statement a couple of years ago that I've not forgotten. Why did we sign the Molotov-Ribbentrop agreement with Nazi Germany? We were not ready to fight. Why did we allow Eastern Europe to go? We were not ready to fight. Putin is ready to fight now. Is America ready to fight Putin?
Putin delivered his message to the future U.S. president Monday, just as the U.S. State Department announced it was suspending negotiations with Russia on a ceasefire in Syria and Russia-backed Syrian troops moved to take more ground in Aleppo. In a billsubmitted to parliament, Putin threatened to end a joint U.S.-Russian disarmament program -- in which surplus weapons-grade plutonium is processed into fuel -- unless the U.S. meets certain conditions:
-Roll back North Atlantic Treaty Organization infrastructure and reduce NATO personnel to September 2000 levels;
-Repeal the Magnitsky Act, which imposed sanctions on Russian officials involved in human rights violations;
-Repeal all U.S. sanctions against Russian individuals and businesses;
Compensate Russians for damages incurred by U.S. sanctions and by Russia’s “forced countersanctions”;
-Present a “clear plan of irreversible destruction” of U.S. surplus plutonium.
“He asked for too little,” Leonid Volkov, an anti-Putin politician, wrote sarcastically on Facebook. “He should have asked for Alaska back, eternal youth, Elon Musk and a ticket to Disneyland.”
Putin made a statement a couple of years ago that I've not forgotten. Why did we sign the Molotov-Ribbentrop agreement with Nazi Germany? We were not ready to fight. Why did we allow Eastern Europe to go? We were not ready to fight. Putin is ready to fight now. Is America ready to fight Putin?
