“When It’s Time”
Dmitry Peskov made several statements on the broadcast of RBC-TV and in an interview with Izvestia. He said that Vladimir Putin will visit Donbass in the future.
Speaking to Izvestia, Peskov said, “As for the trip of the President, I have no doubt that such a trip will be made when the time comes.”
According to him, Russia will continue to help the recovery of Donbass.
“You see construction going on and new facilities being commissioned, energetic efforts being made to restore all life support systems. These are water pipelines, energy supply, social facilities. “Work is being carried out actively, thousands of people work there,” the Kremlin spokesman said.
Commenting on the possibility of a meeting between the presidents of Russia and Ukraine, he said that for this it is necessary, first of all, to establish the basis of an agreement.
As for the Putin-Zelensky meeting, nothing has changed here. No one needs a meeting for a meeting. In order for such a meeting to take place and for the idea of such a meeting to be on the agenda, efforts should be made and the foundations of these agreements that can be fixed at the highest level should be laid. leader.
“Too hard” sentence
A Kremlin spokesperson admitted on RBC-TV that the sentence given to Ivan Safronov was “very severe”.
“This is a court decision and I have no right to comment in any way. Yes, we can say that this is a very harsh sentence, I have nothing more to say about it,” he said.
In his opinion, the closure of the case in the case of the adviser to the head of Roscosmos was due to the gravity of the charges recognized by the court.
“The closedness of this process is due to the seriousness of the charges brought against him, proven and recognized by the court,” said the Russian President’s Press Spokesman.
Peskov later told TASS that if Safronov petitioned the president for a pardon, he would have to plead guilty.
“There is a right of appeal. And by law, every convicted person has the right to ask for pardon. Again, there is a certain procedure determined by law. However, the prerequisite for asking for forgiveness is admission of guilt. “If I’m not mistaken, Safronov never admitted his guilt,” he said.
On the eve of the Moscow City Court, Safronov was sentenced to 22 years in a strict regime colony in a treason case. He was also given a two-year restriction of liberty and a fine of 500,000 rubles after his release. The case was heard behind closed doors, but journalists were allowed to read the verdict.
Turkey is an important partner
In an interview with Izvestia, Peskov admitted that Turkey and Russia have disagreements, including on the Ukraine issue, but he made sure that this would not interfere with cooperation between Moscow and Ankara.
Turkey is a friendly country for us, our important partner both in political matters and in terms of commercial and economic cooperation. Turkey has not participated in illegal sanctions against Russia and pursues a sovereign, independent foreign policy. “This allows us to continue our interaction, the potential is huge and far from being revealed.”
According to him, Russia continues to bring its arguments about the situation in Ukraine to the attention of its Turkish partners.
Peskov later told reporters that Russia will seek mutually beneficial relations with those who are ready for it.
“Where we are ready for this, we will seek mutually beneficial relations based on the principles of mutual respect,” the Kremlin spokesperson said.
At the end of August, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said that Crimea should be returned to Ukraine and that Ankara does not recognize Russia’s “illegal” “annexation” of the peninsula. Later, his representative, Ibrahim Kalyn, confirmed in an interview with CNN that the return of Crimea to Ukraine “should be the basis for the signing of any agreement (between Moscow and Kyiv – socialbites.ca).
“Unprecedented Pressure”
Peskov said on the RBC-TV broadcast that Russia was responding to the actions of the West, but did not intend to “shoot itself in the foot”.
“The difficult and difficult conditions of existence require us to get difficult but clear answers. Should they always be mirrored? It’s completely optional. The Russian Federation constantly says that acts of intervention must be in our interests. We should not shoot ourselves in the foot,” he said.
“Russia is responding to Western sanctions, both visa and work restrictions,” he said.
“Western businesses that left our country so treacherously without complying with our laws are suffering great losses. But the main thing is that we act first and foremost from our own interests, that is what we do,” he said.
He told Izvestia that Russia is facing “absolutely unprecedented pressure” from the West that has never been more intense.
“We are faced with two overlapping crises… The Covid crisis and the crisis created by the sanctions imposed on our country by Western countries. In fact, both crises resonated and now we are witnessing a great chaos in the European economy, in world economic relations.”
Source: Gazeta
