Russia's 11-point Peace proposal

June 1st, 2025 - Russia's 11-point peace proposal

1. Permanent Ukrainian neutrality, including a formal constitutional ban on joining military alliances such as NATO or hosting any foreign military presence.
2. Termination of all international agreements that conflict with these neutrality provisions.
3. Legal guarantees that Ukraine will remain a non-nuclear state, with a prohibition on any development, receipt, transit or deployment of weapons of mass destruction.
4. Strict limits on the size, structure, and armament of Ukrainian military forces, and the dissolution of what Russia calls "nationalist formations."
5. Full protection of rights, freedoms, and official language status for Russian-speaking populations in Ukraine.
6. Legislative bans on what Russia characterizes as "glorification of Nazism" and the dissolution of nationalist organizations and parties.
7. Full removal of all Western economic sanctions imposed since the start of the war.
8. Mutual waivers of any claims for war-related compensation or damages.
9. Amnesty for displaced persons and "political prisoners."
10. Lifting of restrictions against the Orthodox Church under the Moscow Patriarchate.
11. Full restoration of diplomatic, trade, energy, transport, and other relations, including transit through third-party states.

I would suggest that #7 and #8 are an either/or situation, if Russia wants sanctions lifted, it must compensate for or remedy the damage, such as de-mining. There should have been a way to achieve these ends without using an invasion.

As well, the disbanding of NATO should be included as a commitment to peace, rather than the continuing European arms buildup to eventually attack Russia.

Otherwise, this proposal is not significantly different from what I had already proposed in Peace requires heavy lifting:

The most practical solution is that all these countries: Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland and Ukraine must be neutral, a DMZ (De-Militarized Zone).
Following that, then all of Europe could make progress on agreements for security and cooperation, without interference by The Hegemon. Why must The West (USA and Canada) be denied interference in Europe? Because they have artificial governments which can never be trusted - every four years a different ideologue can step in and reverse progress on any issue. The US especially will break any treaty or agreement whenever it wants without recourse, since they are supposedly "exceptional."

So, what is stopping "The West" from acceptance, other than some loss of "face"?

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