MARK ALMOND: Can Trump now get concessions out of Russia?

If Ukraine’s president Volodymyr is the sort of person who sees a half-empty glass as half-full, he will take some consolation from the fact that the deal his deputy PM signed in Washington yesterday is a lot better than the one he was offered in the two months ago.

Then, President Trump was demanding that he hand over a $500billion share of Ukraine’s ‘rare earth’ and other minerals in exchange for the military aid it has already provided to .

Under the final deal, however, the demand for reimbursement appears to have been abandoned, Ukraine keeps ownership of its natural resources and only new developments will be shared with the Americans on a 50-50 basis.

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