INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
and Russian officials in Saudi Arabia earlier this week failed to make significant progress in Ukraine peace negotiations, which may drag
navigation in the Black Sea and potential restoration of access for some Russian banks to the SWIFT international payments system, he
negotiators, including senior National Security Council director Andrew Peek and State Department policy planning chief Michael Anton,
lack of progress.Karasin said he expects U.S.-Russian negotiations on Ukraine to continue at least until the end of 2025 or beyond.U.S
Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Thursday that progress in technical discussions depended on Russia before any higher-level negotiations
could take place.The White House initially announced Tuesday that Russia and Ukraine had separately agreed to a ceasefire in the Black Sea
However, Moscow later outlined a series of conditions, including sanctions relief, that would need to be met before the agreement takes
