The 'scarlet thread of Maidan' continues to bind Putin and Trump tightly together.

Whilst Putin is 'boringly' waiting to win the Russian presidential race next week, win, Trump is frantically trying to untangle himself from the 'scarlet thread of Maidan that tightly binds himself and Putin together by announcing that he will be having a 'clean reset' of the White house.

 This 'clean reset' may mean the removal of the White House Chief of Staff John Kelly, and National Security Adviser H.R, McMaster (right: Kelly and McMaster), but lurking beneath this 'clean reset' is

the removal of US Attorney General, Jeff Sessions (left), which will set the scene for the removal of Mueller from the investigation into the Putin-Trump 'collusion' during the 2016 US Presidential elections, 'collusion' that got Trump into the White house, and with Putin's payback being the removal of those US sanctions against himself  because of his illegal annexation of Ukrainian Crimea, and his ongoing war with Ukraine in the Donbas.

Putin's 'boredom' regarding the upcoming Russian presidential elections is being offset, however, by the news that,

"The European Commission is moving closer to approving a 1 billion-euro ($1.22 billion) financial package to Ukraine, although officials are awaiting further signs from Kyiv to ensure that its reform process remains on track before the funds will be delivered.
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He said commissioners were likely to give final approval next week, then send the plan to the European Council and European Parliament for their approval." (Rikard Jozwiak (right): RFERL : February 28, 2018) (my emphasis) 

And, as reported by Timothy Ash (left) this approval has now been granted. 

"With the European Union’s  High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Federica Mogherini coming to Kyiv on March 11-12, a new 1 billion euro financial aid package gives her something to sign off on." (Timothy Ash : KyivPost : March 9, 2018) 

Putin may be spitting nails at the approval of this financial package for Ukraine, but let us not forget that, as reported by Illia Ponomarenko,
 
"Russia has successfully positioned its troops to launch a rapid invasion of Ukraine from the north and east, according to a March 8 report by the Institute for the Study of War, a U.S.-based defense think tank." (KyivPost : March 9, 2018) (my emphasis)

However, as reported by UNIAN,

"...compared to early 2014, Ukraine’s armed forces have improved considerably. First of all, the Ukrainian Army is now a 250,000-strong force against a modest 157,000 troops back in 2014." (UNIAN : 28 February, 2018) (my emphasis)

Added to which, they now have Javelin anti-tank missile systems at their disposal.

And now,

"The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) has recognized Ukraine as an aspirant country. 
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Currently, four partner countries have declared their aspirations to NATO membership: Bosnia and Herzegovina, Georgia, the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia and Ukraine," reads the statement on NATO' website." (UNIAN: 10 March, 2018) (my emphasis)

On the Trump front, things are not looking good for Putin either.

It now transpires that shortly after Trump returned from the 2013 Miss Universe competition in Moscow, Putin had a lacquered box containing a sealed letter from himself delivered to Trump. (Lawrence O'Donnell : MSNBC: 8 March, 2018: )

What is rather intriguing about this 'lacquered box with its sealed letter to Trump from Putin' is :

"Just how did Special Prosecutor Mueller find out about this?"

Interestingly, Putin's "sealed" letter in that lacquered box was delivered to Trump just after he had returned from his 2013 "Moscow Miss Universe" competition.

The Steele Dossier contains some rather 'salacious' details about Donald Trump's cavortings whilst he was in Moscow overseeing his 2013 "Miss Universe" competition.

Does that 'sealed letter' from Putin tell Donald Trump that he has all that 'dirt' on him during his 2013 stay in Moscow?

Is this why Donald Trump seems to be scared almost  "witless" about saying anything negative about Putin?

And now 'Stormy Daniels', a 'lady of the night' with whom Trump had a torrid relationship, now threatens to reveal all, INCLUDING videos of the antics they got up to when together.

Is this why Trump has 'suddenly' pronounced a "clean reset" of the White House to try to deflect the eyes of the American public from what Stormy Daniels may reveal?

No doubt for many years to come people will be pondering exactly what details that 2013 'privately' delivered letter from Putin to Trump may contain.

The 'scarlet thread of Maidan' continues to bind them tightly together.

(to be continued)