CIA Boss has made another trip to Moscow, via Latvia, where it’s said that supplies for THE Ukraine are being funneled; I do not know, as I don’t study that area much. What I DO know is with a 2nd visit, someone(s) trying to make a deal.
Quite frankly, if Putin wants The Gap and some or all of Eastern Europe, he’d be crazy not to do it as soon as possible, this year, before the heavy snows begin; and the only kind of crazy Putin is, is crazy like a fox. I don’t say this to takes sides, just having watched the build-up for over 4 years now. Putin cannot let those troops stand another year and risk losing any of them to what the weather brings, etc.; not to mention the impatience of the troops as they’re told to continue waiting. These are not just Russian and Belarusian troops, but Chinese, N. Koreans, others from various parts of Africa and so forth. I just can’t see Putin backing down now and anything done in Latvia is not worth a deal for him. Again, I guess we’ll all know soon enough. I would think November at the very latest.