By Jaime Ortega.
Russia will dialogue with the West if its not accused of being part of the Ukrainian conflict. “We are willing to talk on condition that it is a fair dialogue , as partners , with no attempts to introduce ourselves as if we were even part of the conflict ,” warned the Russian Minister of Foreign Affairs Sergey Lavrov.
In addition , Moscow has also threatened to suspend international inspections of nuclear weapons on its territory, collected by the treaty on nuclear arms reduction START III. “We are ready for that step in response to statements by the Pentagon on the suspension of cooperation between the Ministry of Defense of Russia and the U.S. ,” said a senior Russian Defense Ministry to local agencies .
Russian President Vladimir Putin yesterday asked his U.S. counterpart , Barack Obama, to not sacrifice bilateral relations with ” disagreements over certain international problems, which are very significant.” In the telephone conversation, held at the initiative of the American side the Russian president, said ” a dangerous situation has been created in Ukraine” and discussed that” divergent approaches and assessments of the causes of the crisis and current state of affairs were found “according to the Kremlin.
Moreover, Lavrov warned that ” the so-called Interim Ukrainian Government does not act of their own accord and depends, unfortunately, on radical nationalists who took power through armed insurrection .”
In addition , he stressed the need to investigate the violent riots in Kiev that left hundreds dead and nearly a thousand injured that ended with the overthrow of President Viktor Yanukovych.
” Undoubtedly, the research should be done and I think it will be possible to shelve the latest information on the so-called ‘ case of snipers ‘ ” , said the head of Russian diplomacy in reference to the suspicions of some European diplomats about how shooters acted in Kiev and could had being hired by the then Ukrainian opposition
