Russian opposition analyst Alexander Morozov, who is based in Prague, said this in an interview with Antin Borkovskyi on Espreso TV.“I believe Trump made Putin such a favorable offer back in March and April that further bargaining was impossible. From Trump’s point of view, that’s how it looks. The problem is the imbalance — what can Russia offer Trump? The economic projects proposed through Kirill Dmitriev are miserable in scale compared to what other countries present to the U.S. in bilateral cooperation. For example, there was talk of building a useless $8 billion tunnel under the Bering Strait. It’s a ridiculous idea — first, $8 billion is nothing for the U.S. in terms of the scale of projects it needs, and second, the tunnel itself makes no sense,” analyst Oleksandr Morozov said.According to him, all previous proposals — joint exploration of Mars, the Arctic, and other initiatives — are irrelevant in Russia’s context. “Putin can’t offer Trump anything because he’s afraid and will remain afraid,” he added.“Trump is simply too big, and America is like a giant planet compared to Russia. Think of Jupiter or Saturn next to an asteroid 100 kilometers wide — that’s the economic ratio between the U.S. and Russia. Against this background, Putin isn’t even negotiating. He rejected an extremely advantageous offer — to stop hostilities, in exchange for a range of benefits, and even the possibility of freezing the conflict indefinitely, like the Korean armistice line. It’s a bad scenario, but Trump clearly pushed in that direction — that’s a historical fact. Putin refused and offered nothing in return,” Morozov noted.He believes Putin has no room to maneuver and will eventually have to accept Trump’s initial proposal, but only under conditions of severe crisis in Russia — potentially linked to signs of disloyalty within his elite.“If that doesn’t happen, the situation will simply continue in a way that benefits European countries, allowing them to implement agreed plans for arming Ukraine and strengthening its defense capability. There’s no other way. Weapons will have to be bought from the U.S., intelligence used effectively, and coordination improved. In fact, Zelenskyy’s drone proposal in Washington sounded much more convincing than Putin’s mocking offers, which he makes knowing they’ll lead to nothing,” Morozov concluded.On October 24, Russian representative and financier Kirill Dmitriev arrived in the United States for “official talks” after Washington announced new sanctions, including against Russia’s major oil companies.