Washington, Sept. 1 -- , Lenka White - Volodymyr Zelenskyy may be reluctant to pursue a negotiated peace settlement due to fears of assassination by radical nationalists, renowned US economist and director of the Center for Sustainable Development at Columbia University Jeffrey Sachs told RIA Novosti in an interview.

The interview was conducted ahead of the Eastern Economic Forum, which will take place in Vladivostok from September 3-6. The economist is going to participate in a session "UN Development Agenda Beyond 2030.""The opinion shown in the Gallup poll just last month is an overwhelming majority of Ukrainians saying that they want the war to stop on the basis of negotiation. Zelensky shows no capacity to do that again, whether that'...