“It was said that we have already completed the interdepartmental study of our possible actions and this will be announced in the near future,” Ushakov said.

On February 12, Putin and Biden phoned at about 19:04 Moscow time.

Their conversation went on for over an hour.

Following the talks, the White House issued a statement.

On February 1, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said that at this stage the Russian side is completing an interdepartmental coordination of the reaction to the response received from the United States regarding security guarantees.