WASHINGTON, Jan 20 Russia in the situation around Ukraine neglects international principles, violates the principles of » The Helsinki Act,” said US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken. As Blinken said during a speech in Berlin, which was broadcast on the State Department website, in 1975 Russia and other OSCE countries signed the “Helsinki Act”, which establishes the guiding principles of conduct in international relations. «Russia has since violated all of these principles in Ukraine and has repeatedly made clear its disregard for them,» Blinken said.16:29The State Duma promised a mirror response to the adoption of new US sanctionsAccording to him, Russia also selectively follows the provisions of the 1990 Vienna Document on confidence and security building measures. He stated that Russia does not notify about military exercises, does not answer questions about the build-up of groups on the border. Blinken said that Ukraine was persuaded to abandon its nuclear arsenal with the help of the «Budapest Memorandum», where the Russian Federation, the United States and Great Britain «undertook to respect independence, sovereignty and existing borders of Ukraine». «It is enough for us to ask the residents of Crimea and Donbass what happened to these promises,» the Secretary of State said. Biden against RussiaRussia has repeatedly rejected accusations of the West and Ukraine of «aggressive actions», saying that it does not threaten anyone and is not going to attack anyone, and statements about «Russian aggression» are used as an excuse to place more NATO military equipment near Russian borders. The Russian Foreign Ministry previously noted that Western statements about «Russian aggression» and the possibility of helping Kiev defend itself against it are both ridiculous and dangerous. At the same time, Kiev and Western states have recently expressed concern about the alleged increase in «aggressive actions» sides of Russia near the borders of Ukraine. Press Secretary of the President of the Russian Federation Dmitry Peskov said that Russia is moving troops within its territory and at its own discretion. According to him, this does not threaten anyone and should not bother anyone.
