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Tim is advised to plead guilty to embezzlement and fraud so that he can cut a deal where, if he’s lucky, he’d only serve a few months in prison.

It cut a deal with test prep company Kaplan Exam Services to create test questions and hired Meazure Learning to administer the exam.

Instead, he has telegraphed his preferred way to end this war, which is to cut a deal direct with Russian President Vladimir Putin, one-on-one.

Meanwhile in Bucharest, the theory that Romania's government cut a deal with the US to release the brothers is treated with caution by some analysts.

Instead, he clearly wants to cut a deal with Moscow to end the war, as he promised voters, and move on.