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| Russia is ready for negotiations on the Ukraine conflict, President Vladimir Putin has said | Russia is ready for negotiations on the Ukraine conflict, President Vladimir Putin has said |
| Ukraine’s Western backers should push the government in Kiev to lift its ban on talks with Moscow, Russian President Vladimir Putin said in an interview published by Russia 1 TV journalist Pavel Zarubin on Telegram on Friday. Any negotiations under the existing circumstances would be “illegitimate” from a purely legal point of view because of Vladimir Zelensky's prohibition on any talks with Russia made back in autumn 2022, he explained. | Ukraine’s Western backers should push the government in Kiev to lift its ban on talks with Moscow, Russian President Vladimir Putin said in an interview published by Russia 1 TV journalist Pavel Zarubin on Telegram on Friday. Any negotiations under the existing circumstances would be “illegitimate” from a purely legal point of view because of Vladimir Zelensky's prohibition on any talks with Russia made back in autumn 2022, he explained. |
| Kiev is “in no rush to follow the orders of its sponsors,” including when it comes to lifting the ban on talks with Russia, Putin said. The president added that he is aware of the West’s attempts to make Ukraine discard the prohibition. | |
| The “Kiev regime” is satisfied with the current situation since it gets “hundreds of billions [of dollars] from its sponsors” that it can “chomp down on,” the Russian leader believes.“I believe that those, who provide [Kiev] with money, should ultimately make it [lift the ban on the talks],” Putin said, adding that Ukraine will eventually have no other way than to remove the restrictions. | |
| Russia is ready for peace talks, the president said; some “preliminary” contacts could be made right now. However, it is still “difficult to speak” about any “serious” steps that could follow until the prohibition is lifted, Putin believes. | |
| Russia and the US can still find “many points of contact” when it comes to the most pressing issues, including the Ukraine conflict, Putin pointed out, recalling “pragmatic” and “business-like” relations with US President Donald Trump during his first tenure in the White House. | |
| Trump was “trustworthy,” Putin recalled, adding that the Ukraine conflict could have possibly been averted had the Republican’s victory not been “stolen.” | |
| “Russia has never forgone contact with the US administration,” the president said, pinning the blame for “giving up” on former US President Joe Biden. | |
| “We see the [current US] president’s statements about [America’s] readiness for joint work and are always open for it,” Putin stated. | |
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