Kremlin says it could reverse the situation but sees no reason to right now
The Kremlin did not say which situation it meant, only that changing it back is possible but not, in its view, necessary.
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The Kremlin said on Tuesday that the current situation could be changed back, but that it currently sees no reason to do so. It did not specify what situation it was referring to.
The comment fits a pattern the Kremlin has kept up through September. It has said temporary administration orders over certain assets are meant to establish outside control rather than change ownership, and has framed that move as a response to military escalation by unfriendly countries. It has also said talks with the United States over arms control should continue, calling the situation complicated and saying any resumption would need extensive negotiation. And it has said Ukraine must face consequences for recent activity, after Ukrainian strikes on Russian refineries.
None of those statements set new terms, a timeline or a concession, and Tuesday's remark does not either. It keeps in view the Kremlin's now-familiar mix of hard preconditions, such as insisting Moscow is the only acceptable venue for talks and that sanctions relief must come before concessions, alongside occasional gestures toward dialogue. The same posture has applied to the G20 invitation and to whether a Trump-Putin summit will happen at all.
For markets, the statement reads as Moscow keeping its options open rather than closing any door. It should be treated as another instance of calculated ambiguity rather than a sign of escalation or de-escalation, and it leaves the diplomatic outlook, and the market outlook tied to it, unchanged.