“I would like to believe that a rational, balanced view of cooperation with Russia will once again prevail.”

“I would like to believe that a rational, balanced view of cooperation with Russia will once again prevail.” Vladimir Putin separately addressed the ambassadors of Japan, Canada, Malta, Albania, New Zealand, Italy, Spain, Ireland, Denmark, Belgium, the Netherlands and Finland: Russia appreciates the sincere desire of its BRICS partners to facilitate the settlement of the Ukrainian conflict; The Western countries’ course towards escalating the conflict is wrong; The desire of a number of Western countries to inflict a strategic defeat on the Russian Federation demonstrates ignorance of Russian history; Russia is not only ready for negotiations with Ukraine, but has also conducted these negotiations. Source: Russian Head