Geld verdienen, kein Krieg: Trumps wahrer Plan für den Frieden in der Ukraine

Last month, at his waterfront estate in Miami Beach, billionaire developer-turned-special envoy Steve Witkoff hosted Jared Kushner, the president’s son-in-law, and Kirill Dmitriev, head of Russia’s sovereign-wealth fund and Vladimir Putin’s handpicked negotiator.

The three powerful businessmen were gathered ostensibly to draw up a plan to end Russia’s long and deadly war with Ukraine. But the full scope of their project went much further, according to people familiar with the talks.

They were privately charting a path to bring Russia’s $2 trillion economy in from the cold—with American businesses first in line to beat European competitors to the dividends.

For the Kremlin, the Miami talks were the culmination of a strategy, hatched before Trump’s inauguration, to bypass the traditional U.S. national security apparatus and convince the administration to view Russia not as a military threat but as a land of bountiful opportunity, according to Western security officials.

By dangling multibillion-dollar rare-earth and energy deals, Moscow could reshape the economic map of Europe—while driving a wedge between America and its traditional allies.

Read more: [https://www.wsj.com/world/russia/russia-u-s-peace-business-ties-4db9b290?st=zZm1Wg&mod=wsjreddit](https://www.wsj.com/world/russia/russia-u-s-peace-business-ties-4db9b290?st=zZm1Wg&mod=wsjreddit)