Putin’s Alaska Optics: Moscow’s ‘Win’ Without Concessions

If you’re sitting in Moscow, the Alaska Summit played like a home-crowd victory on away ice. Vladimir Putin stepped onto American soil draped in ceremony—red carpet, military fanfare, even a shared ride with President Trump—and that alone chipped at the narrative of his isolation. That’s not just optics; it’s leverage.

Kremlin outlets called the talks “productive” because they restored high-level dialogue without preconditions. No ceasefire emerged, and Putin didn’t bend on his core demands—reports say he pressed claims over Donetsk and Luhansk—yet the cameras captured exactly what he wanted: parity on a big American stage. Think of it like boxing—no knockout, but the challenger strutted out of the ring like he’d banked the ju

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