Kremlin dismisses Zelenskyy's invite for direct talks with Putin in Istanbul, labeling it a political spectacle and preferring representatives for negotiations.
Fuck Putin. If only the USA didn't sponsor fascists in the eastern block as usual. We should have gone the gorbatchev way with a social democratic ussr.
I think the point of saying political theatre is to imply that there is no substance to back it up and it’s playing for the crowd rather than genuine negotiation. I agree that the response is, but I don’t think we should dismiss the term as unimportant or without meaning, even if we disagree with Putin.