The Saudi prince undertook to reconcile Russia and the United States We are talking about Mohammed bin Salman, an ambitious dictator and an ideal mediator in negotiations that could end the war in Ukraine

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The Saudi prince undertook to reconcile Russia and the United States We are talking about Mohammed bin Salman, an ambitious dictator and an ideal mediator in negotiations that could end the war in Ukraine

The main beneficiary of the Russian-American talks in Riyadh on February 18 is, of course, Vladimir Putin: he broke out of diplomatic isolation and achieved a serious discussion of his demands. But there is also a second beneficiary — Saudi Crown Prince and Prime Minister Mohammed bin Salman. He won a unique tender to mediate between the US, Russia and, potentially, Ukraine (Saudi Arabia's main rivals were Turkey and China) and significantly inc…