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Story summary
- U.S. President Donald Trump is weighing a deal that would trade sanctions relief for the release of Russian political prisoners.
- Special envoy for Eastern Europe John Coale proposed the initiative months ago and secured Trump’s approval.
- The deal would ease Russian sanctions and reopen U.S. purchases of Russian oil, diesel and rare-earth minerals.
- Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said he will try to block any sanctions lift before the war ends.
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