“Russia is still ready for negotiations today, but not declarative, not engaging in chatter… The conditions we have clearly and distinctly set out must be accepted,” she said on the air of the Belarusian TV channel STV.
Matvienko added that this will become the basis for negotiations, then the parties will be able to clarify the nuances.
Earlier, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov doubted that "the Anglo-Saxons would allow" Ukraine to return to the diplomatic process.
According to him, Russia has information from several sources that the Ukrainian negotiating group is being "led" by London and Washington.