Almost three months of war – today opens the 90th day – Russian President Vladimir Putin responded at a distance to the analyzes made in Davos, stating that “the Russian economy is withstanding the blow of sanctions quite well” as demonstrated by “all main macroeconomic indicators ». And the Moscow government “is studying Italy’s plan to resolve the situation in Ukraine”. This was confirmed by Andrei Rudenko, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister. Rudenko added that Moscow will formulate its response when it has finished analyzing it. The Deputy Minister himself declared that “Russia is ready to return to the negotiating table with Ukraine as soon as Kiev shows a constructive position”.
Meanwhile, Ukrainian President Zelensky has asked foreign countries, starting with those who support Kiev, to put pressure on Russia to accept an exchange of prisoners that will lead, among other things, to the release of the fighters who surrendered to Mariupol.
Background – Ukraine’s scream in Davos: “We need heavy weapons, we want to win the war”
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00.23 – Lavrov: for the countries of the West theirs is the only sovereignty
“We were about to be expelled from the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC), to suspend our membership. We decided to do it ourselves. The Council discredited itself long before the current situation in Ukraine began. ‘ This was stated by Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, according to Tass reports. Lavrov added that Western countries have betrayed the United Nations Charter, which enshrines the principle of sovereign equality of states: “They believe that sovereignty is only theirs,” said the minister.
00.03 – Lavrov: Russia will rely on itself and on countries that do not dance to the melody of others
Russia will rely only on itself and on those countries that have proven their reliability and “don’t dance to someone else’s tune”. This was announced on Monday by Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov as part of the Gymnasium project. EM
00.01 – Lavrov: we must abandon the dollar and Swift in Eurasia
Russia must focus on the development of Eurasia “without using someone else’s tools such as the dollar and the Swift financial communication system but by creating our own”. This was stated by the Russian Foreign Minister, Serghei Lavrov, reports Tass. “It’s not that hard to do,” he added.
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23 Maggio 2022
