Exiled Russian oligarch Mikhail Khodorkovsky has claimed that Vladimir Putin is signalling that he is prepared to strike a deal on Ukraine with Donald Trump.

Speaking on Sunday Morning with Trevor Phillips , Mr Khodorkovsky thinks any agreement could involve ceding land to Russia.

"I have the impression that Putin has sent Trump a signal that he is ready for a deal.

"Putin wants to get the whole of Donbas, those parts of it he hasn't occupied yet," he said, but warned that the Russian president may aim to secure territorial gains in eastern Ukraine to "destabilise the situation" in the rest of the country.

He also cautioned whether it was possible to comprehend the US and Russian leaders' strategies, ahead of speculation about an upcoming Trump-Putin meeting in Hungar

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