Putin warns against bogging down talks with the US

The Russian President, Vladimir Putin, does not want bilateral talks that Russia wants to start with USA on security on the European continent they are prolonged indefinitely. In his annual press conference, the Kremlin leader has maintained this Thursday the antebellum tone of his latest interventions and has demanded to receive from Washington immediate guarantees of security.

“And do you demand any guarantees from me? It is you who must give us guarantees. You, immediately now; and not bog down the negotiations for decades,” the Russian maximum president has warned.

After Russia made public two draft treaties that stipulated, among other Russian demands, withdraw the promise to Georgia Y Ukraine that in the future they would be full members of the OTAN and to grant Moscow a kind of veto right in the deployments of allied troops that could be carried out in the countries that were part of the Warsaw Pact in the past, the US has responded affirmatively to the demand to start talks from “January”, although while stressing that some of the conditions raised by the Russian side were “unaffordable“In addition, the White House has already hinted that under no circumstances would it negotiate or agree to anything behind the back of its ally.

The Russian president has reiterated, once again, that his country does not threaten “anyone”, at the same time that he has justified the demand for a written veto on the entry of Kiev into the Western military alliance. “It is inadmissible, as it would mean the offensive weapons emplacement in the neighboring country, “he emphasized. Despite everything, he welcomed Washington’s willingness to start talks soon, calling it a” positive “reaction.

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“The ball is in their court; they must answer us; the Americans say they are ready for these negotiations, at the beginning of the year in Geneva. Representatives of both parties have already been appointed; I hope that things advance along that path “, he wished, while he recalled with anger how NATO had” deceived “Russia with the successive extensions since the end of the Cold War 20th century. At the same time, he has described the behavior of the Kiev government as “provocative”.

Another of the outstanding topics of the annual meeting of the Russian president with the local and foreign press corps has been the gas supply to the European continent. Many voices have accused Moscow of deliberately reducing shipments of this energy source, vital in the production of electricity, at a time when Europe is struggling to reduce the final price of electricity to consumers. “Gazprom is offering all the volumes required under the current contracts,” he emphasized, while recalling the old Russian aspiration for Europe to sign long-term contracts with the aim of guaranteeing the future income of the country. “With long-term contracts, the price of gas is three, four, six or seven times cheaper.” The West, at the moment, does not seem very willing to accept Moscow’s offer. Rather the complete opposite; the possibility of searching alternative sources of supplies due to geopolitical tensions.