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2024 Presidential Hopeful Vivek Ramaswamy Urges US Acceptance of New Russian Regions

Vivek Ramaswamy in an address at that Hudson Institute on October 25 suggested that Washington should actively pursue a swift resolution to the Ukrainian conflict, proposing a settlement involving the transfer of Russian-speaking regions to Russia and a firm NATO refusal to accept Ukraine.
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Ramaswamy emphasized the need to secure a reasonable path to peace, urging an official commitment from NATO not to accept Ukraine. He further suggested freezing the current front lines and transferring Russian-speaking regions to Russia.

"So my view is that the correct answer here is to provide a reasonable path to peace - deal that would quickly end this war, that would foremost make a hard commitment that NATO does not admit Ukraine" to the military alliance, the entrepreneur emphasized. He also noted that such agreements would involve "freezing the current lines of control roughly where they are now, handing over these Russian-speaking regions to Russia."

At the same time, the candidate warned against automatically assuming Ukraine's alignment with American interests, emphasizing the undemocratic actions of the Kiev regime in reference to a ban on 11 opposition parties, as well as all TV media merging into one state television entity.
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However, the candidate emphasized the US would not acknowledge the regions, unless Russia "exits its military alliance with China."
Washington has recently been concerned with deepening Sino-Russian cooperation, which appears to threaten a reshaping of the global order, challenge the US hegemony, and create a balanced world in terms of global economy, security and diplomacy.
Ramaswamy argued that the United States - by deepening its military involvement in the Ukraine conflict, risks strengthening Moscow's ties with Beijing.
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Expressing concerns about potential conflicts with Russia, Ramaswamy deemed the Russia-China alliance as a significant threat to the United States, highlighting disparities in nuclear capabilities and hypersonic missile technology. He advocated for a trilateral world order involving the US, Russia and China, rather than a bilateral order favoring China with Russia's alignment.

"If you start calling everybody else an enemy - we can go down the list, but Russia's high on the list - you start incentivizing them to behave like an enemy. And that's exactly what we've done as opposed to moving to what could be a trilateral international order between the US, Russia and China, rather than the bilateral one that favors China currently with Russia in their camp," Ramaswamy emphasized.

Ramaswamy also raised concerns about the US involvement in the Ukraine conflict, particularly the transfer of substantial artillery ammunition to Kiev, which is now in great demand in Israel.
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