In recent days Donald Trump has paused some sanctions on Moscow, has agreed to buy Russian diesel and expressed biting criticism of President Zelensky.That suits Russia just fine. It eases the pressure on the Kremlin leader."Right now Trump is the only leader in the Western world who is doing something for peace," Russian MP and TV anchor Evgeny Popov says."Doing something for peace, but a peace on your terms?" I respond. "Is that what you want?""Of course!"A Putin-Zelensky-Trump trilateral may not be imminent.But in China next month a meeting between Vladimir Putin, Donald Trump and Xi Jinping may well take place on the fringes of the Apec summit.Some commentators here are already dubbing it "The New Yalta" - a reference to the Yalta Conference of 1945, where Stalin, Churchill and Roosevelt met to plan the political and territorial reorganisation of post-war Europe."Russia, China and the United States are the only superpowers right now in the world," Evgeny Popov says. "Of course, it will be good for the entire world if our leaders meet in China."After nearly five years of war, that would put Vladimir Putin exactly where he wants to be - at the top table of global politics.