President Donald Trump has offered the potential to resume business with Russia if they are able to make progress towards ending the war in Ukraine, signaling that renewed economic engagement between the U.S. and Russia could be on the horizon should peace negotiations yield tangible results.

“I noticed he’s bringing a lot of business people from Russia, and that’s good,” Trump told reporters aboard Air Force One en route to his meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Alaska on Friday. “I like that because they want to do business, but they’re not doing business until we get the war settled.”

The prospect of renewed business discussions comes after years of Russia’s near-total estrangement from the global economy following its 2022 invasion of Ukraine , as sweeping sanctio

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