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Mr.WeRP

(1,073 posts)
Fri Nov 21, 2025, 03:49 PM Nov 21

Breaking: Putin authored Trump's Ukraine "deal"

https://newrepublic.com/post/203517/trump-ukraine-peace-deal-russian-language

Trump’s Ukraine Peace Deal Appears to Be Translated From Russian

Certain phrases in Trump’s proposed deal seem to be using Russian language.

The U.S. peace plan presented to Ukraine appears to have been translated from Russian.

The syntax of certain phrases are more common in the Russian language, such as the third point of the 28-point plan: “It is expected that Russia will not invade neighbouring countries and Nato will not expand further.”

“It is expected” is not commonly used in English, but it is common in Russian and appears to come from the phrase ожидается or ozhidayetsya, according to The Guardian’s Luke Harding. Other words that appear to be translated from Russian include “ambiguities” (неоднозначности and “to enshrine” (закрепить .
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Dave Bowman

(6,399 posts)
4. He's so dumb that he should read Initiation to Tyranny for Dummies instead. There are pretty pictures in it.
Fri Nov 21, 2025, 04:58 PM
Nov 21

Turbineguy

(39,715 posts)
6. Like Laurel and Hardy
Fri Nov 21, 2025, 05:48 PM
Nov 21

"First I'll sleep and you stand watch, and then you stand watch and I'll sleep!"

I wonder if the "plan" was formatted for A4 paper....

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