Primakov: Russia needs peace with the West Russia has never been interested in the conflict in Ukraine, the head of the Center of the situational analysis of the Russian Academy of Sciences, the former head of the Foreign Intelligence Service and former Russian Foreign Minister, Yevgeny Primakov said today. Primakov stressed that Russia is not interested in breaking with the West. "Russia is forced to conclude a truce, because otherwise we can break with the West, and we are not ready for this. The main reason is our technological lag that we can be eliminate only with the help of the West," Primakov said. The former head of the Russian Foreign Ministry said that Russia was not going to send troops to Ukraine, and that everyone in Russia understands the impact that sending troops to Ukraine would have."Now we have to negotiate with all the parties to the conflict, respecting the sovereignty of Ukraine and at the same time trying to protect the rights and lives of people in the Donbass region in the framework of a united Ukraine," he said.
Russia has never been interested in conflict in Ukraine, the head of the Center for Situational Analysis of the Russian Academy of Sciences, the former head of the Foreign Intelligence Service and former Russian Foreign Minister, Yevgeny Primakov, said today. Primakov stressed that Russia is not interested in breaking with the West.
"Russia is forced to conclude a truce, because otherwise we could break with the West, and we are not ready for this. The main reason is our technological lag, that we can eliminate only with the help of the West," Primakov said.
The former head of the Russian Foreign Ministry said that Russia was not going to send troops to Ukraine, and that everyone in Russia understands the impact that sending troops to Ukraine would have.
"Now we have to negotiate with all the parties to the conflict, respecting the sovereignty of Ukraine and at the same time trying to protect the rights and lives of people in the Donbass region in the framework of a united Ukraine," he said.
