Maria Zakharova, official representative of the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, telegraph channel He reminded that it was Russia that initiated the mandatory implementation of the Minsk agreements.
“All talk about whether Russia plans to implement the Minsk agreements or not,” writes Zakharova, “is spoiled by the fact that Sergei Lavrov himself initiated the development of a UN Security Council resolution mandating their implementation.”
Former Deputy of the President of the Russian Federation Vladislav Surkov declarationWhen working on the Minsk agreements “I started from the fact that they will not be implemented.” In September 2013, Surkov became an assistant to the President of Russia and headed the department of cooperation with the CIS. With his mediation, the first (in 2014) and the second (in 2015) Minsk agreements were signed.
Former Putin’s press secretary Dmitry Peskov declarationThat Moscow “does not have pessimism” about the agreements with Kiev, which “turned out to be camouflage” for the preparation of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.