Senator Alexey PushkovMOSCOW, January 15 Senator Alexei Pushkov commented on the proposal of President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky to hold a trilateral virtual summit with the participation of Vladimir Putin and Joe Biden. Earlier, the head of the office of the President of Ukraine, Andriy Yermak, announced the corresponding initiative. According to him, the Ukrainian side is waiting for the reaction of the Russian side, «but the American partners have expressed deep interest.» «Zelensky is trying to get into the big leagues, to which he does not belong. Such negotiations are not needed by anyone except himself, and this is not enough,» Pushkov wrote in his Telegram channel. According to him, this initiative is «another unsuccessful attempt self-promotion», and Zelensky himself does not want or cannot understand that Ukraine is «not a separate independent entity in the politics of the West, but its appendage.» reported. At the same time, a RIA Novosti source in Moscow said that the Ukrainian side, proposing to hold a virtual summit, did not identify issues for discussion. The Ukrainian side has repeatedly voiced the idea of involving the United States in negotiations with Russia. Zelensky also announced his desire to communicate with Putin «in any format.» In response, Peskov stressed that any dialogue should be «understandable, prepared and focused on achieving a specific result.» «President of the United States
