Where will Zelenskyy and Putin meet next before 2027?

Platform comparison

Market context

Polymarket is pricing a near-zero chance that Volodymyr Zelenskyy and Vladimir Putin meet before year-end, with this contract sitting at 1% YES on USDC-settled, Polygon-based conditional tokens. That leaves the market effectively anchored to the “no meeting before 2027” branch unless there is a clear diplomatic break in the next few months.

The 1% level makes sense against the record: Putin rejected Zelenskyy’s offer of a face-to-face meeting in June, saying he saw “no point” in it, and Moscow has continued to frame any summit as the final step after technicians and negotiators have already closed the gaps.[1][7] Even where channels remain open, the signalling is cautious. Zelenskyy said on 11 August that Ukraine had handed proposals to US negotiators, while Russian officials have spoken about resuming talks but only on terms that suit Moscow’s process and sequencing.[2][3]

For traders, the main catalysts are not abstract headlines but concrete scheduling cues: whether the US push to revive talks turns into a trilateral format, whether any White House, Kremlin or presidential office readout mentions leader-level participation, and whether proposed ceasefire frameworks narrow enough to justify an in-person encounter.[6][15] Recent reporting also points to continued distrust and escalation risks, including Moscow’s insistence that a meeting would only come after a substantive deal, which keeps the on-chain market skewed heavily towards no resolution by 31 December.[5][9]

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Methodology

We track Where will Zelenskyy and Putin meet next before 2027? across the five venues with material prediction-market liquidity. The probability shown is the live Polymarket mid; the comparison rows summarise how each venue treats the underlying contract — fees, KYC thresholds, settlement currency, deposit options. The highlighted row marks the cheapest route into Polymarket's order book.

Resolution & payout

At resolution the UMA oracle takes over: a proposer posts the outcome with a bond, any token holder can dispute within two hours. Without dispute the result is accepted and the smart contract distributes USDC instantly.

On Kalshi (CFTC-regulated) resolution runs through their in-house clearing engine in USD. Betfair Exchange settles after match end in the account's local currency. Manifold pays no cash — only its in-platform "mana" currency.

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How do I deposit on Polymarket from the UK?

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