Putin Nears a Prize: Restoring Ties With the U.S. While Giving Up Nothing

Putin Nears a Prize: Restoring Ties With the U.S. While Giving Up Nothing: Russia has sought to separate the war in Ukraine from potential business deals and diplomacy with the United States. Its efforts now appear to be working. By Valerie Hopkins Reporting from Berlin Last October, President Trump imposed significant sanctions on Russia’s two largest oil companies, complaining that negotiations with President Vladimir V. Putin over