Security talks with the US and Nato ‘failed’, says the Kremlin

Russia has said talks with the US and Nato in Geneva and Brussels have failed to address its security concerns, casting doubt on the prospect of pressuring Western diplomats to end Moscow’s threat to Ukraine.

Dmitry Peskov, a spokesman for Russian President Vladimir Putin, told reporters that the talks were “unsuccessful” even “good” on what Moscow never considered important. “This is bad,” he said.

Peskov said Russia would have a “political will” to continue negotiations if the West would allow talks to restore Nato growth.

Sergei Ryabkov, Russia’s deputy foreign minister and deputy prime minister of Russia for talks with the US this week, said talks on Moscow’s two-state solution to the crisis were “coming to an end” because the US and its allies were ready to do so. think of things like adjusting weapons and forcing shipping, instead of requesting Kremlin requirements.

“Without specifying whether there are resources or flexibility on the other side to do the major work, I see no reason to sit down for the next few days, meet again and start the same discussions,” Ryabkov told RTVI.

The grief-stricken comments echoed in both the Russian and Ukrainian economies, and fell into the bonds of bonds, currency and equities.

The Russian ruble dropped about 3 percent to sell around the next nine months low of Rbs76.5 against the US dollar. Russia’s 10-year-old government fell by almost 1.8 percent to the lowest level since March 2020, bringing the yields higher by 9 percent, while Moex, Russia’s benchmark stock index, fell by 4.1 percent on the worst day since April 2020.

The Ukrainian hryvnia has also depreciated sharply against the dollar since April after a fall of 0.5%.

Russia has mobilized nearly 100,000 troops on the Ukrainian border in recent months and threatens “unforeseen and dangerous consequences for European security” if Putin’s pressure to secure security from the US fails.

Opening talks with Russia at the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe, Zbigniew Rau, Poland’s foreign minister and chairman of the Security Council, warned Thursday that the “threat of war in the OSCE region is greater than ever.” ”, Referring to the Ukraine crisis.

Responding to Ryabkov’s comments, Michael Carpenter, the US ambassador to the OSCE, stated: “Once the Russians withdraw from the talks, it is clear that they are not sure about international cooperation. If they are interested in these topics. . . then they know that we are ready for it. ”

He added: “But we will not discuss the main points again. . . it is holy. ”

The OSCE summit with Moscow is the final phase of a three-state solution to the Kremlin and to prevent further attacks on Ukraine and Russia following the Crimean invasion in 2014. This follows talks between the two countries and the US in Geneva on Monday and the Nato-Russia summit in Russia. Brussels Wednesday.

Russia wants a promise from Nato to stop developing an eastern alliance, a commitment not to allow Ukraine and Georgia and to reduce the deployment of troops to formerly eastern countries. The demands are considered unacceptable by western themes.

The new move by the Russian military on the border with Ukraine Wednesday “is part of the” crisis “that Moscow did to achieve its goals, Josep Borrell, the EU’s ambassador to the EU, said at a regular meeting of EU foreign ministers in Brest, France.

He said EU ambassadors would use the Brest summit to “look at the European Union, to decide how to deal with the crisis”.

Russia has denied plans to invade Ukraine but has warned of a “military response” if the talks fail.

“If we do not respond appropriately to our goals in a timely manner and Russian violence continues, we must take action to ensure that we do well and eliminate unjustified threats to the security of our country,” said Russia’s OSCE ambassador Alexander Lukashevich. , according to the Twitter account of the Russian operation.