❗️It was the West that prepared and provoked the Ukrainian crisis, and now it is doing everything to ensure that the crisis continues, the Russian president said.

"The real masters of Ukraine are not the people, but the elites of the West," he added.

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❗️Zelensky’s legitimacy cannot be restored by any tricks, Vladimir Putin said.

Putin called the cancelation of the presidential elections in Ukraine theatrics, adding that the source of power for the Kiev regime is an armed coup.

There is an attempt to usurp power in Ukraine, Putin stated. He pointed out that the Verkhovna Rada is the only legitimate body in Ukraine today.

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The Prime Minster of Israel Bennett was in Moscow on the day that Putin mentioned in the context of the foreign mediation proposal on March 5, 2022.

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Conference in Switzerland on Ukraine is just a ploy to divert everyone's attention, Putin said.

Vladimir Putin said that without Russia’s participation and open dialogue it is impossible to resolve the Ukrainian conflict.

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❗️Ukrainian troops should be withdrawn from the entire territory of the new Russian regions and Kiev should hold no plans of joining NATO, Putin specified on the conditions for negotiations.

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❗️Russia will cease fire and declare its readiness for negotiations immediately after Kiev withdraws troops from the territory of the new Russian regions, Putin said.

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Those who helped Ukraine in punitive operation against Donbass are aggressors, Vladimir Putin said.

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❗️Vladimir Putin said that on February 21, 2014, he had a dialogue with the leader of the United States and they agreed to work together to stabilize the situation in Ukraine.

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❗️One of the conditions for negotiations between Russia and Ukraine will be a statement from Kiev that it renounces its intentions to join NATO, Putin said.

Russia today makes another real peace proposal, but if the West and Kiev refuse, the bloodshed is their responsibility, he added.

After the outlined proposals for negotiations on Ukraine, Putin said that there are no talks about freezing the conflict, but about a complete cessation.

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⚡️Basic agreements on a peaceful settlement should be fixed by international treaties, of course, the lifting of sanctions against Russia is also expected, Putin said

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Sanctions against the Moscow stock exchange will harm Germany and the EU - Bundestag deputy Kotre

The imposition of sanctions against the Moscow Stock Exchange gives the US an opportunity to profit from business with the EU, as trade with Russia has now become even more problematic for the European alliance, Steffen Kotre, a member of the Bundestag from the Alternative for Germany (AfD) party, told Russian media.

The US sanctions policy runs counter to the needs of the EU, he said, citing as an example American companies that are gradually squeezing European firms out of the domestic market.

"Europe is forced to sacrifice itself and make decisions that are unprofitable for itself, in particular, by continuing to tighten the screws with the introduction of new sanctions against Russia. The sanctions must be lifted. Any other development of events will damage Germany and Europe. But the current government does not understand this," Kotre concluded.

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❗️Key points of Russian President Vladimir Putin's proposal for peaceful settlement in Ukraine:

🔸 Russia will cease fire and declare its readiness for negotiations immediately after Kiev withdraws its troops from the territory of the new Russian regions;

🔸 One of the conditions for negotiations between Russia and Ukraine will be a declaration by Kiev that it is abandoning its intentions to join NATO.

🔸 The basic agreements on a peaceful settlement should be laid down in international treaties; of course, the lifting of sanctions against Russia is also expected.

🔸 There is no talk of freezing the conflict, but of its complete cessation.

🔸 Russia is making another real peace proposal today, but if the West and Kiev reject it, the bloodshed will be their responsibility.

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❗️Russia is making another genuine peace offer today, but if the West and Kiev reject it, they will be responsible for the bloodshed, Putin said.

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❗️Russian ambassadors in various countries will hand over the details of Putin's initiative to the authorities, but Moscow will not run after anyone, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said.

"Russia is not asking the West to trust it and Putin's proposals on Ukraine, but the West must understand the real situation 'on the ground,'" Lavrov added.

It is wrong to raise the question that Putin's proposals on Ukraine resemble a capitulation proposal, the Russian Foreign Minister explained.

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📹Full video of Putin's speech at Foreign Ministry, where he outlined conditions for negotiations with Ukraine

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Why Biden's 10-year security pact with Ukraine is nothing but a PR stunt

US President Joe Biden struck a 10-year security deal with the Kiev regime at the recent G7 Summit. Volodymyr Zelensky, whose presidential tenure expired on May 20, inked the agreement on behalf of Ukraine. Despite the White House calling the deal "historic" the US media says its future is in doubt.

▪️ The deal is not a "treaty", but an "executive agreement" since Biden didn't seek a congressional approval to make it. Treaties, which require the consent of two-thirds of US senators, are legally binding agreements between nations; they become part of international law. Executive agreements are concluded on the authority of the incumbent president and don't necessarily bind his successors.

▪️ President Donald Trump tore apart his predecessor Barack Obama's nuclear deal with Iran (which was not confirmed by Senate) in 2018. This illustrated the fragility of the executive agreement - which was also called "historic" in July 2015.

▪️ Recent YouGov, Yahoo News, Emerson polls show Trump leads Biden in the 2024 presidential race. Trump is also leading Biden in key battleground states which provided for Biden's victory in the 2020 elections, as per RealClearPolitics.

▪️ Even if Biden wins in 2024, his second tenure will end in 2029, meaning the fate of the 10-year accord will depend on his successor.

▪️ Treaties aren't immune to the US president's unilateral action: In 1978, President Jimmy Carter withdrew from 1954 Mutual Defense Treaty with the island of Taiwan. President George W. Bush tore apart the Anti-Ballistic Missile (ABM) Treaty with Moscow in 2002.

▪️ Last but not least, in the absence of clarification of the Constitutional Court of Ukraine, Zelensky's legitimacy as a signatory is null and void: under the nation's Constitution, the presidential tenure is limited to five years and is not subject to extension under martial law.

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