Russian President Vladimir Putin speaks by phoneMOSCOW, Feb. 2 Russian President Vladimir Putin has a telephone conversation and British Prime Minister Boris Johnson will be held tonight, two key topics will be discussed: the Ukrainian settlement and security guarantees, said Yury Ushakov, Assistant to the President of the Russian Federation for International Affairs. «A telephone conversation with British Prime Minister Johnson is scheduled for this evening,» said Ushakov to journalists.Johnson was reproached in Britain for postponing the conversation with Putin «Leaders will once again go over the most key issues on the European agenda. This is an internal Ukrainian settlement, taking into account Johnson's visit to Kiev yesterday. And, of course, there will also be a discussion of our comprehensive proposals for providing long-term security guarantees Russia,» he added. According to Ushakov, these two topics will be key. Also, the leaders «will touch upon some issues of bilateral cooperation, which is now at a very, very low level,» Ushakov added. Earlier, the British Prime Minister's office reported that Prime Minister Boris Johnson expects to have a telephone conversation with Russian President Vladimir Putin. Later, there were reports in the media that the British side, after publishing a report on the parties that were held at the government residence on Downing Street during the lockdown, asked the Russian side to reschedule the conversation between the two leaders scheduled for Monday, however, presumably, the Russian side could not, so the call was put on hold. British Prime Minister Boris Johnson, commenting on media reports about the cancellation of the call, said that he would talk with the Russian leader «as soon as possible».The Guardian revealed Johnson's plans in Ukraine At the end of 2021, Russia published draft treaties with the United States and agreements with NATO on security guarantees. Moscow, in particular, demands from its Western partners legal guarantees of refusing further expansion of NATO to the east, from joining the Ukrainian bloc and from establishing military bases in post-Soviet countries. The proposals also contain a clause on the non-deployment of NATO strike weapons near the borders of Russia and the withdrawal of alliance forces in Eastern Europe to the positions of 1997. On January 26, the United States and NATO sent to Moscow written responses to Russia's proposals for security guarantees. Kiev and Western states have recently expressed concern about the alleged increase in «aggressive actions» by 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 worry anyone. As Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said earlier, Russia does not create any pretexts for a conflict situation around Ukraine. Johnson's threats against Russia
