After Davos, Moscow. And in Moscow things are going well. Slowly well. For now…

New face from the US side reported… Joshua Gruenbaum. Who is he? As reported by John Helmer, “Gruenbaum, 39, a law and business school graduate in New York, used to be a salesman for takeover and restructuring of stressed assets at two New York investment funds, Moelis and Kohlberg Kravis Roberts (KKR). His first job in the new Trump Administration a year ago was to take over and restructure the federal government’s contract procurement operations at the General Services Administration (GSA) along the lines Elon Musk followed in taking over and restructuring the government’s personnel policies….”

How are things going? Well, from the reaction of the stressed French President Macron, and seizing the Russian Shadow Fleet Tanker ‘Grinch’ looks like things are proceeding as they were planned. It comes to mind the situation how fast covid story stopped after February 2022 when Russia Ukraine war started. That is how it goes. First, you are out of the publicity, then you are out of the table, and then, as the Canadian PM said recently, you are on the menu. And for the tanker, which is now at Marseille port, we await and learn what cost France will bear as a whole for this action…

We do live in challenging times. By the way, the actor immediately said thanks and thanks to France and President Macron. He is suggesting selling the oil and getting the money!

“Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner were accompanied by Josh Gruenbaum, a senior adviser to Trump’s Board of Peace…”

Source: U.S. envoys meet Putin in Moscow for Ukraine peace talks

Photos: Tanjug/AP

January 23, 2026

Prepared by Darko Richard Lancelot

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