LONDON -- Could President Donald Trump's summit this Friday in Alaska with Russian President Vladimir Putin bring a ceasefire in the war in Ukraine? Right now, most observers have far more doubts than hopes. What's clear is the meeting could be a golden opportunity for Putin to influence Trump's vision for how to end the war. Russian media is crowing about the choice of location for the summit -- cheering the idea that Trump and Putin will decide the fate of the war alone and that Alaska's distance from Europe underlines how European countries and Ukraine are being sidelined. Some Russian media commentators also note how Alaska was once Russian territory, sold by Tsar Alexander II to the United States for a pittance in 1867 Many observers, particularly Russian, are dismissing the meeting a

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