All right, Alexander, let's go through the questions from our live stream with Robert Barnes.

And let's begin with Nikos, a two-part question.

I believe we answered this, but let's read through this.

Brian Berletic and others have a very nihilistic view of this meeting and Putin's decision.

They think it's a trap and that the U.S. will betray Russia.

Most see Russia's future as bleak and

there's a lot of anger towards Putin. I think they're overreacting. But what are the consequences

for Putin after this meeting, even if he doesn't make concessions?

Well, I mean, I think that he will not make any of the fundamental concessions that

some people are thinking of. And I think if there's

any traps, he's going to be far ahead of any attempts at trams. He's not going to fall into them.

So I think that from Putin's point of view, it makes sense to have this meeting. Obviously,

the Americans have come up with some ideas.

They seem to be ideas which are moving towards Russia's long-standing positions.

The military situation on the battlefields is now obviously going very much and very heavily

in Russia's favor.

And last but not least, we've had a whole slew of economic news over the last couple of hours,

and they show that the Russian economy is stable and starting to grow, in fact, growing.

So I think that this pessimism is overstated and misplaced.

I mean, that's all I can say about this.

Michael Russell says, obviously, Trump has lied about the territory swap.

He wants to set the narrative before any dialogue takes place.

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