Sergey Ryabkov. Archive photo MOSCOW, Jan. 9 Moscow is disappointed with the signals from the United States and Brussels on the eve of the meeting in Geneva on security guarantees, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov said in an interview with RIA Novosti. Of course, the signals that have been heard from Washington in recent days, but also from Brussels, were disappointing to some extent, «Ryabkov said. 
USA ready to agree with Russia on the non-deployment of missiles in Ukraine «In short, they reflect a lack of understanding of what we need. And we need legal guarantees, legal guarantees that NATO will not expand further, eliminate everything that the alliance has created, driven by anti-Russian phobias and all sorts of ideas false about what is the essence of Russian policy for the period since 1997 «, — said the deputy head of the Russian Foreign Ministry. Russia and the United States on January 9-10 in Geneva will hold consultations on Moscow's proposals on security guarantees, after which will host a meeting of the NATO-Russia Council in Brussels and consultations at the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe in Vienna. At the end of 2021, Russia published draft agreements with the United States and agreements with NATO on security guarantees. Moscow, in particular, demands from its Western partners legal guarantees against further expansion of NATO to the east, from joining the Ukrainian bloc and from creating military bases in post-Soviet countries. 
