Top Biden administration officials said Thursday they're holding out hope Russian President Vladimir Putin will embrace a legacy of peace and end a long-running military standoff along the Ukrainian border, even as top aides to the Russian leader said they see "little ground for optimism" as the threat of war looms over Eastern Europe.
Amid the tense situation over Ukraine and talks with the west, Russia on Thursday said that it has kept Indian "partners" in the loop.
In response to a WION question at the weekly presser of the Russian foreign ministry, deputy director of the information and press department Alexey Zaytsev said," we are informing our Indian partners on the relevant security situation in Europe and corresponding negotiations."
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov declared the Western response to Moscow’s ultimatum for NATO unsatisfactory, but Secretary of State Antony Blinken’s team isn’t fretting yet.
Alexey Zaytsev, Deputy Director of the Information and Press Department of the Russian Foreign Ministry, answering Vestnik Kavkaza correspondent's question about the current stage of diplomatic work on the creation of a bilatera