By Eliza Popova
The Kremlin's instructions for negotiations in Istanbul, as well as what they can mean, told analysts of the American Institute for the Study of War in their construction for May 15. "The Russian opposition edition of Medusa reported on May 15 that it had received a guide that the Russian media received from the political bloc of the Presidential Administration, with instructions for coverage of negotiations in Istanbul," the analysts report.
The key points of these instructions for the Kremlin for the media became the following: with the help of this technique, the Kremlin prepares a bridgehead for justification of failed negotiations, as the instructions make it clear that Medinsky should continue the case in 2022, which then failed, write in ISW. At the same time, the instructions in the methodologist do not explain on what kind of "worse conditions" negotiations are held for Ukraine.
"The statement of the Presidential Administration that negotiations in May 2025 are on" worse conditions "for Ukraine compared to 2022, is an attempt to present Russian military force and success on the battlefield, while ignoring the significant success of Ukraine on the battlefield and its ability to slow down Russia in the last three years of war," Also in the construction of ISW it is written that the Kremlin hopes that Ukraine will disagree on the conditions that will be offered by the Russian delegation at the negotiations in Istanbul because it will not accept those agreements that may mean surrender.
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