How to rebuild relations with Russia

1. Return the Russian assets that have been confiscated.

2. End all the sanctions that have been imposed on Russia.

3. Persuade, or strong-arm, Zelenskyy to accept, on the nose, the peace plan that Putin offered on 2024-06-14.

4. End U.S. military support for Ukraine.

I don't think those would instantly rebuild friendship with Russia.

They've had to accept too much hostility from the U.S.

They couldn't be confident we were sincere.

In English we have a saying "The leopard doesn't change his spots."

I imagine the Russians have an equivalent saying.

But over time, they might accept that we really wanted to end the period of misguided American hostility to Russia.