Normalization of diplomatic and commercial relations between the US and Russia has stalled – but it’s not dead.
While Russia is at war in Ukraine, and the US is in the Middle East, the ongoing process to normalize the bilateral relations was pushed to the back burner.
But the process is not dead, and the two superpowers reportedly avoided a major disruption by engaging in secret talks last week, as US and Russian experts met to discuss ‘mutual irritants’.
This comes a few days after top Russian aide Yuri Ushakov said that the Ukrainians are impeding the unfolding of the ‘understandings’ arrived at in the Donald J. Trump-Vladimir Putin summit in Anchorage, Alaska.
Slavyangrad on Telegram:
“Ukraine is hindering the implementation of Trump and Putin’s Anchorage agreements, said Russian Presidential Aide Ushakov.
Many use the word ‘agreements’. I would say more precisely, ‘understandings’. Indeed, there were understandings reached about what a particular side would do in the context of resolving the Ukrainian conflict. The Americans promised to fulfill their part of these understandings, but, as I understand it, they encountered a number of difficulties, which are primarily related to the behavior of Kiev.”
Russia and US avoided ‘FATAL BREAKDOWN’ in relations — Russian MFA
Russian & US experts met WEEK AGO to discuss ‘mutual irritants’
Russia ‘ready to normalize’ US relations IF ‘its interests RESPECTED and internal affairs NOT interfered with’ pic.twitter.com/uhlT1Y1qq3
— RT (@RT_com) June 2, 2026
The head of the Russian Foreign Ministry’s Department of the North Atlantic, Alexander Gusarov, said that ‘the emerging dynamic of restoration in relations has yet to be tested’.
TASS reported:
“Moscow is ready to move toward normalizing relations with Washington, provided its interests are respected, and its internal affairs are not interfered with, head of the Russian Foreign Ministry’s Department of the North Atlantic Alexander Gusarov said.
‘Of course, in terms of practical results, the emerging dynamic of restoration in relations has yet to be tested. However, no matter how long and arduous this path may be, we are ready to move forward, provided both sides adhere to the fundamental principles of respect for each other’s interests, mutual benefit, and non-interference in the internal affairs’, he said in an interview with the International Affairs magazine.”
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