No doubt! You’d have to be an idiot to pay to travel to a country controlled by cartels.
From what I've read the resort areas are safe, it's in the cartels' interest not to mess with tourism (?). I remember my friend was on vacation there and told me about a guy who came up and said he was the "Snowman." Asked if he wanted to buy coke. It was a resort area
Actually think he sympathises with Putin and Russia understanding that this conflict is the result of NATO expansion rather than pure Russian aggression. To anyone with any intelligence it's as simple as a NATO defensive missile system that can be turned offensive that close to Moscow neutralises Russias nuclear offensive capability somewhat whilst Russia cannot improve their own offensive position similar. Nothing more besides the assurance given to Gorbachov that once the wall came down NATO would not extend further into the ex soviet states. Whilst other less strategic ex states joined. Putin put a redline down with Ukraine one that the CIA and other NATO security states have continuously tried to circumnavigate.
The commercial benefits he's seeking is just his opportunistic nature. Just an opinion an unbiased one.
Trump understands what the conflict is about but it's US strategy to remain hegemon, despite the talk about accepting multipolarity. Remember, the US is in effect bombing deep in Russia. CIA did the Valdau attack, the US is providing satellite data and other intelligence for targeting, plus manning weapons systems with US personnel (which are supposedly 'private recruits' for plausible deniability LOL). So Trump is waging war against Russia. He could have walked away but he couldn't resist the neocons. Just my very amateur read of the situation
