Moscow: Kremlin on Thursday gave a gloomy assessment of Russian security talks with the United States and NATO this week, describing them as “unsuccessful” and said there was disagreement about fundamental problems.
Kremlin’s spokesman Dmitry Peskov also said Moscow viewed a sweeping sanction bill which was launched by the Democrats of the US Senate “very negative” and that the time means it looks like an attempt to put pressure on Moscow.
PESKOV said the two rounds of talks so far this week between Russia and the West have produced several “positive nuances” but that Moscow is looking for concrete results, not nuances.
Talks, who moved to Vienna on Thursday for organizational meetings for security and cooperation in Europe, centered around various security demands that Moscow had made from the West, while building troops near Ukraine.
The proposed sanctions legislation, which is supported by the White House, will target the Russian government and top military officials, including President Vladimir Putin, and the main banking institutions if Moscow is involved in hostility against Ukraine.
Pakkov said forcing sanctions on Putin would be the same against the relationship that decided between Moscow and Washington.
“We see the appearance of the document and the statement very negatively towards the background of a series of sustainable negotiations, even though those who did not succeed,” Peskov told reporters.
The proposed steps “do not contribute to the constructive atmosphere in this negotiation,” he said.
Russia has frightened Kyiv and West by entering troops and hardware near Ukraine, triggering fears that it is considering attacking.
Moscow denied such a plan and said it could exert troops in his area but chose it.
Moscow Looking for Array Security Guarantees from the West including the promises that are legally binding that NATO will never allow the former Soviets of Ukraine to become members and that the alliance will withdraw the troops from former communist countries in Central and East Europe who join cold.
War.
The United States has rejected this demand as “non-starters” but Washington and NATO said they were willing to hold talks with Russia on weapons control, the spread of missiles and actions to build trust.
Kremlin called talking to us and NATO so far ‘didn’t work’
