Neither Putin, Trump, nor Tillerson, can disentagle themselves from the scarlet thread of Maidan.

The much anticipated meeting between Trump and Putin at the G20 Summit in Germany has now come and gone.

Many are now poring over the possible discussions that took place between Putin and Trump, a two hour and sixteen minute meeting that is still shrouded in secrecy.

Putin, Lavrov, Trump, and Tillerson, the Group of Four that attended this meeting, did NOT have any persons in attendance who took contemporaneous notes of this meeting.

What we now have to rely on is Tillerson's press conference of what transpired during this meeting.

Now recall that in my last blog entry I stated that,

"Is Putin setting up Trump to be the knight in shining armour that will end the war between Russia and Ukraine in the Donbas and, in return, have the sanctions against Russia, himself, and his 'siloviki' clique, lifted?" (blog : 31 January,2017)"

And we have the answer from Tillerson himself.

"At the request of President (Vladimir) Putin, the United States has appointed ... a special representative for Ukraine, Ambassador Kurt Volker," (right: Tillerson and Volker) Tillerson told reporters after a meeting between Putin and U.S. President Donald Trump on the sidelines of the G20 summit in Hamburg, Germany." (Susan Heavey and Doina Chiacu : Reuters : Fri Jul 7, 2017) (my emphasis)

Neither Putin, Trump, nor Tillerson, can disentagle themselves from the scarlet thread of Maidan.

In the words of US Congress Representative Maxine Waters, (MSNBC : 7th July,2017)

Which brings us to the $64 question.

"Is the appointment of Volker as the US special representative for Ukraine yet another 'wrong-footing' of Merkel's and Macron's political stance against Putin's war with Ukraine, and his illegal annexation of Ukrainian Crimea? (left: Merkel and Macron)


This follows on from the question I posed in my last blog entry.

 "Is Lavrov's admission that Putin IS at war with Ukraine a prelude to Putin now giving Trump the 'go-ahead' to ask him to 'end his war with Ukraine', thus wrong-footing both Angela Merkel and Macron? (blog : 31 January,2017)

(to be continued)