Russian Diplomat Warns of Brussels/Kyiv Sabotage of U.S.-Russian Understandings

Aug. 31—Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Ryabkov told reporters Aug. 29 that Brussels and Kyiv are trying to sabotage the implementation of understandings that the U.S. and Russia reached at the Anchorage summit on Aug. 15. “We expect the U.S. administration to continue its efforts in line with the understandings and groundwork laid at the crucial meeting between the Presidents in Alaska. And we assume that there will be no deviations from these understandings. We expect that this is how the situation will ultimately be perceived in Kiev and in European capitals, which are conducting outright sabotage today; there is no other way to describe their actions,” he said in response to a question from TASS about the current state of dialogue with Washington, reported TASS.

The most obvious sabotage occurs when the NATO leadership and their Ukrainian dictator Volodymyr Zelenskyy claims that he should be able to meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin without any preconditions or an agenda. This feeds NATO propaganda that Putin is blocking a meeting, when as discussed in Alaska, such a meeting's agenda should fit what Trump and Putin had agreed to for discussion. 

Separately, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said that Putin has not ruled out meet Zelenskyy but it should serve as the final stage of meaningful diplomacy beforehand. Peskov stressed that the Russian President remains open to bilateral talks with Zelenskyy. “He does not rule out the possibility of holding such a meeting but believes that any summit meeting should be well prepared so that it can finalize the work that must first be carried out at an expert level,” said Peskov. Preparation for such a meeting is not “very active” at the moment, he stated, remarking that Moscow maintains “interest and readiness for negotiations.”

Peskov also stressed the need for ongoing peace talks, following Putin’s meeting with Trump in Alaska, to stay confidential. “We are deliberately not disclosing all the details of the conversation between the two Presidents, which took place in Alaska,” where “the topic of Ukrainian settlement was discussed in depth,” he declared