“We always told them:“ We are ready to consider the issue of sanctions bilaterally, but for this to be an initiative on your part, because you introduced them at the beginning, ”the head of government quoted Interfax as saying.
According to him, Russia "remains for Ukraine the largest market and largest trading partner, no matter what."
He added that we are talking about billions of dollars of trade, which is significant for Russia and Ukraine.
Medvedev said that contacts with the current Prime Minister of Ukraine Alexey Goncharuk were interrupted.
“We do not call up and do not correspond. But Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Kozak has already talked with the Ukrainian Deputy Prime Minister, energy ministers are already talking, so I don’t exclude anything, if they want to, please, ”he added.
In early December, Medvedev, commenting on the policy of the Ukrainian leader Vladimir Zelensky in relation to Russia, said that the main thing was that Zelensky had the courage to confront “frenzied nationalism”.