This is CBSI on the world. I'm John Batchew with my colleague, Katerina Zoloteva.

She reports from Moscow for geopolitical futures.

A subscription site, I hardly recommend, not the least to read a Katerina's report from Moscow.

And what I'm curious about very everyone is, are the talks

said to be already underway in Saudi Arabia hosted by MBS, the Crown Prince. I saw a early video

of Mr. Rubio, the Secretary of State, and Mr. Lavrov, the foreign minister,

sitting in a great, big, beautiful gold table, everything in gold. Gold here, gold there,

gold flowers, good heavens, lots of gold. However, this is the first day of talks about

solving the Ukraine conflict. And part of that is sanctions regime.

A major part of it, probably as we go forward,

because that is the leverage that NATO and the U.S. have,

as opposed to the leverage Russia has, which is territory.

Katerina, right now, it's midwinter in Moscow.

Is the shopping still available?

Are the prices still reachable?

What is your understanding of the retail stores?

Are there empty windows or are people stocking for the spring fashion?

Well, Russians are always talking for the spring fashion. Well, Russians are always stalking for the spring fashion.

But since we have a cold winter, it means that they are also stalking for some winter clothes.

No, in fact, well, I'm living in Moscow, so that is one of the major trade centers, and our retail centers

are full of people, full of clothes. It's very nice to see some Russian designers that finally

found their fans and the people who are buying their clothes. But anyhow, the negotiations that happened right now

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