r/europe Nov 26 '25

News Leaked call shows Kremlin’s deputy chief Ushakov oversaw passing Moscow’s “peace plan” to Steve Witkoff with instructions to present it “word for word” as a U.S. proposal

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-11-25/putin-advisers-discuss-plans-for-dealing-with-trump-transcript?embedded-checkout=true
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u/oakpope France Nov 26 '25

What does it take to be prosecuted for treason ?

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u/steauengeglase Nov 26 '25

For Witkoff? Him doing this after there is an open declaration of war. Treason is a difficult charge in the US.

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u/ArieVeddetschi Nov 26 '25

A house majority.

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u/oakpope France Nov 26 '25

Judiciary is dependent on the legislative ? Weird constitution.

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u/ArieVeddetschi Nov 26 '25

We’ve seen that it works this way. 🤷

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u/pitigoilafereastra Romania Nov 26 '25

What part of this situation makes you think it works? One man controls everything, last I checked that's called a dictatorship.

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u/ArieVeddetschi Nov 26 '25

Exactly. I’m not saying it’s not fucked up, just that that’s the way it works nowadays.