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The third round of diplomatic contacts between Russia and the West to try to neutralize the risk of conflict

has ended with new threats of war

. Poland's Foreign Minister Zbigniew Rau warned that "it seems that the risk of war" in Europe "is now greater than ever in the last 30 years."

Russia argued that there is still time for diplomacy

, but that its military experts were preparing options in case tensions over Ukraine could not be calmed.



After this week's meetings in Geneva and Brussels, which have revealed the divergences between the interlocutors, the dialogue has definitively stalled in the permanent council of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE).

Russia wants to draw "red lines" to prevent the alliance from admitting Ukraine

as a member or the US from using Ukrainian soil as a missile base. And he maintains that the admission of 14 members of the former communist sphere during the last decades is a threat to his national security.



US Ambassador Michael Carpenter said after talks with Russia in Vienna that the West

should prepare for a possible escalation of tensions with Moscow.

. "The war drums are beating loudly and the rhetoric has become quite strident," he told reporters. He was referring to the threats made by the Russian ambassador to the OSCE, Alexander Lukashevich: "If we do not hear a constructive response to our proposals within a reasonable time and aggressive behavior towards Russia continues, we will have to take the necessary measures

to ensure the strategic

and eliminate unacceptable threats to our national security.



Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov said that previous meetings had shown

that there is a "dead end or a difference in approaches".

", and that he sees no reason to sit down again in the coming days to resume these discussions. According to what he told RTVI television, Russian military advisers are providing options to President Vladimir Putin in case the situation around Ukraine worsens. Riabkov even He

commented on the possibility of deploying Russia's military infrastructure in countries outside Europe, such as Cuba or Venezuela."

I do not want to confirm anything or rule out anything

, "he said. "In the American way, the discretion of foreign and military policy is the cornerstone for ensure that country's influence in the world. It all depends on the actions of American colleagues," Riabkov said.




Russia and the West accumulate months of crossed accusations. From Moscow they denounce that the NATO countries, including the United States,

have accumulated troops and especially missiles near the Russian borders in recent years

. Moscow wants guarantees that Ukraine will not join NATO. Washington rejects those demands but is willing to talk about arms control, missile deployment and confidence-building measures to overcome one of the most tense moments in relations with Moscow since the Cold War.



The Americans have denounced

an alleged plan by Russia to intervene again in Ukraine

, something that Moscow describes as absurd. Russia demands from the US and NATO, as a whole, binding guarantees that they will not place missiles near its borders, in particular in Poland and Romania. But to eliminate these 'threats' that Russia denounces, there is much to retrace. Washington already has a military base in the Polish town of Redzikowo, about 180 kilometers from the Russian enclave of Kaliningrad. And it has another in the Romanian town of Deveselu, about 600 kilometers from the Crimean peninsula,

the last 'acquisition' of Russia after its occupation and annexation in 2014.



Russian Deputy Minister Riabkov expressed

concern about the integrity of the borders of his country,

where "there could be any provocation", especially when Russia has "neighbors like today's Ukraine, which revels in illusions of revenge, which is looking for reasons to finally abandon the implementation of the package of measures of the Minsk [peace agreement] and who speculates on the reckless and unbridled support of the West". Still, he believes diplomacy should be given a chance. "I must reiterate

that the dialogue is still going on at many levels and in many directions

," Ryabkov said.



Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dimitro Kuleba also opted to continue talking, but pointed to Moscow: "I think the only way the Russians can confirm that they have no intention of solving problems by force

is to continue the discussion in the established formats

, in particular in the OSCE".




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