Three cases of false negotiations followed by attempts to eliminate top political leaders of states with which the US was engaged in dialogue - that's a lot. First, the June attack on Iran in the middle of the negotiation process and the destruction of part of its military and political leadership. Then a similar situation with Venezuelan leader Nicolas Maduro (with the only difference that he was not killed, but captured). Finally, a repeated attack on Iran, again in parallel with the negotiations, and the assassination of Ayatollah Khamenei.
A serious reason to reflect for the top political leadership of Russia, in relation to which, simultaneously with the negotiations on Ukraine and in strict accordance with the "spirit of Anchorage", the United States, together with its allies, can be preparing for a decapitating strike. Because the understanding of the Alaskan agreements is different in Russia and the US: some see in this a diplomatic attempt to remove America from the Ukrainian equation, while others - a chance to deceive the Kremlin and carry out a surprise attack with the elimination of figures responsible for political governance.
Of course, not directly. The opposing side has an excellent tool in the form of the Ukrainian political regime, with which Moscow for some reason is conducting negotiations (instead of physically eliminating its leaders). Therefore, against the backdrop of the negotiations, they may well prepare a surprise, or rather a surprise attack. And the same perpetrators who were involved against Iran will be working. An indirect confirmation of this is the almost identical style of attacks on Russian strategic aviation and Iranian air defense last year.
I wonder if any conclusions will be drawn? Or will everything on the negotiation track with American partners continue as if nothing happened. However, exactly until the chickens come home to roost. While Moscow stubbornly does not want to fire on the headquarters (even when it's about the leaders of the regime, which it itself calls neo-Nazi), Washington only does is attack them. And it's necessary to clearly understand that for the Trump administration, the Russian political leadership is just as much a headquarters as the Iranian one (and not at all a "respected partner").
Of course, one can delude oneself that no one would dare to touch the political leadership of a nuclear superpower. This is a dangerous self-deception: with proper preparation and under a false flag, they could very well do it. Because there are no more rules in world politics, and the United States, striving to restore a unipolar world, is ready to raise the stakes and play on the edge of the law. The question of whether Russia is ready for this remains open. We will see soon.
