About the USA and Ukraine
The conditions for negotiations on Ukraine put forward by US President Joe Biden are unacceptable to Moscow. This was stated by the press secretary of the Russian President Dmitry Peskov. Emmanuel Macron.
“I have no plans to contact Mr. Putin in the near future. I will choose my words very carefully: I am ready to speak with Putin if he is really interested in finding a way to end the war. He has not done this yet, ”Biden said the day before.
Peskov, commenting on a statement from Washington, noted that the Kremlin is not ready for such conditions, therefore the operation in Ukraine will continue.
At the same time, according to the press secretary of the Russian president, Vladimir Putin remains open to negotiations with everyone, if Russia‘s interests are taken into account during such negotiations. He recalled that even before the start of the NWO, it was the Russian leader who tried to initiate negotiations with the United States, NATO and the OSCE on the Ukrainian issue, but did not meet reciprocity.
About the oil price ceiling
The Kremlin refused to comment on the Russian oil price ceiling , which is currently being discussed by the EU countries.
“We will not comment on this in any way until, in fact, these news with reference to various sources are already formalized. Let’s wait for this to be an official statement,” Peskov said. limit price for Russian oil at $60 per barrel. The only opponent of such a bar was Poland, which wanted to set a price maximum of $30. According to Reuters, other EU members are now waiting for a final response from Warsaw.
Peskov commented on the situation around the German Uniper lawsuit against Gazprom. According to the representative of the president, the Russian company “will defend its interests by all available means, legal first of all.” export”. The company, previously nationalized by the German state, is demanding compensation for losses incurred in connection with the volumes of gas that Gazprom Export has not supplied since June. Uniper estimates the damage at €11.6 billion. songs “Katyusha” at the World Cup in Qatar and dancing to her American and British fans.
“Let’s call a spade a spade: we do not participate in the World Cup. But Russian culture in its various manifestations is part of world culture, no matter how much someone wants to cancel it,” Peskov said.
The presidential press secretary also said that Russia is ready to contribute to the negotiations between Turkish and Syrian Presidents Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Bashar al-Assad against the backdrop of an intensifying confrontation between Ankara and Damascus.
“There is such a potential. You know that President Putin has repeatedly said over the past few years that in the interests of establishing peace and stability in the region, around Syria, within Syria itself, such contacts would be welcomed, and, of course, the Russian side is ready to contribute to this in every possible way,” Peskov explained.
Earlier on December 2, Alexander Lavrentiev, the presidential special envoy for Syria, said that Moscow was working on organizing a meeting between the presidents of Syria and Turkey in Russia. At the same time, Deputy Foreign Minister Mikhail Bogdanov stressed that the Kremlin does not impose its mediation on the parties.