Interstate relations

Russian businessmen were ready for Polish sanctions against Gazprom, NOVATEK and Wildberries founder Tatyana Bakalchuk.

Vladimir Putin said that the Ukrainian authorities should give the order to lay down their arms to the Ukrainian military at the Azovstal metallurgical plant.

It is possible to stop the supply of weapons to Ukraine by economic measures against the West, said Alexander Losev, member of the Presidium of the Council on Foreign and Defense Policy.

According to him, in 2022, NATO is conducting several military exercises in Norway at once.

Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Wang Wenbin said that these reports were fabricated by a small group of people who are guided by their own ulterior motives.

According to the politician, at the moment they are talking only about blocking oil and fuel.

The United States will need to stop pursuing its destructive policy in order to improve relations with Russia, Maria Zakharova said.

The negative attitude of Europe towards Russia will not change in the near future, Russian President Vladimir Putin announced this, RIA Novosti reports.

The Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine has denounced an agreement between the Ukrainian and Russian governments on cooperation in the field of creation and operation of space and missile technology.

Deputy Inspector General of the Bundeswehr - the Armed Forces of Germany - Markus Laubenthal opposed the supply of heavy weapons to Ukraine by Germany.

Maria Zakharova commented on the statement by the representative of the US State Department, Ned Price, that Russia could be recognized as a state sponsor of terrorism.

Press Secretary of the President of the Russian Federation Dmitry Peskov said that the United States could stop helping Ukraine if they wanted to establish peace in Europe.

Deputy Chairman of the Security Council of the Russian Federation Dmitry Medvedev said that Russia will strengthen its western borders if Sweden and Finland join NATO.

The official representative of the Russian Foreign Ministry, Maria Zakharova, believes that statements about the “Russian threat” to Sweden and Finland lie in the mainstream of propaganda and provocation.

EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Josep Borrell's proposal to resolve the conflict in Ukraine militarily did not shock the Russian government.