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RUSSIA: Kremlin Rebuts Trump Claim Low Oil Prices Could End War In Ukraine

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State media reporting comments from Kremlin spox Dmitry Peskov. Speaking largely on US-Russia issues following US President Donald Trump's wide-ranging address to the World Economic Forum annual meeting on 23 Jan, Peskov says that Russia is 'ready for a Putin-Trump call and is waiting for a signal from Washington that it wants to go ahead'. In response to Trump's claim that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is ready for a deal to end the war in Ukraine, Peskov says Zelenskyy "cannot be ready because he has banned himself from holding negotiations" in a decree.

  • TASS: "The Kremlin spokesman was asked whether he agreed with US President Donald Trump's assertion that lower oil prices could end the conflict in Ukraine. "No," Peskov stressed. "This conflict does not depend on oil prices."
  • On Trump's denuclearisation comments, Peskov says that Putin 'has made clear he wants to restart nuclear arms cuts talks as soon as possible'. Peskov: '"The legal framework in the area of ​​arms control has been significantly undermined, and not through the fault of the Russian Federation. The United States has ended its participation and has effectively undermined the existence of this legal framework,"
  • Peskov: "In the current conditions, of course, it is necessary to take into account all nuclear potentials. And it is impossible, for example, to have a conversation and not take into account the nuclear potentials of France and Great Britain. Current realities dictate such a necessity.
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State media reporting comments from Kremlin spox Dmitry Peskov. Speaking largely on US-Russia issues following US President Donald Trump's wide-ranging address to the World Economic Forum annual meeting on 23 Jan, Peskov says that Russia is 'ready for a Putin-Trump call and is waiting for a signal from Washington that it wants to go ahead'. In response to Trump's claim that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is ready for a deal to end the war in Ukraine, Peskov says Zelenskyy "cannot be ready because he has banned himself from holding negotiations" in a decree.

  • TASS: "The Kremlin spokesman was asked whether he agreed with US President Donald Trump's assertion that lower oil prices could end the conflict in Ukraine. "No," Peskov stressed. "This conflict does not depend on oil prices."
  • On Trump's denuclearisation comments, Peskov says that Putin 'has made clear he wants to restart nuclear arms cuts talks as soon as possible'. Peskov: '"The legal framework in the area of ​​arms control has been significantly undermined, and not through the fault of the Russian Federation. The United States has ended its participation and has effectively undermined the existence of this legal framework,"
  • Peskov: "In the current conditions, of course, it is necessary to take into account all nuclear potentials. And it is impossible, for example, to have a conversation and not take into account the nuclear potentials of France and Great Britain. Current realities dictate such a necessity.