Chairman of the Federation Council of the Russian Federation Valentina MatvienkoMOSCOW, February 16In Russia, no one wants war with Ukraine, or with anyone else, said Federation Council Chairman Valentina Matvienko. «As for the mood in Russian society, I can categorically state here. In Russia, no one wants war with Ukraine «, with anyone. For the older generation, who grew up in Soviet times, for me personally, the very idea of a war with the Ukrainian people is simply blasphemous. For the country's leadership, believe me, too,» the speaker of the Federation Council told Parliamentary Newspaper. At the same time, she stressed that the main problem in Russian-Ukrainian relations lies in Ukraine's lack of independence both in foreign and domestic policy. «The Kiev authorities are under the control of Washington. And they are forced to pay for his patronage by confronting Russia. But even if Kiev suddenly wanted to take the path of normalizing relations with us, the United States would hardly allow it. There is no need to harbor illusions here,» Matviyenko said. .This, according to her, does not contribute to both the settlement of the situation in the Donbass and the improvement of Russian-Ukrainian relations. «In the power circles of Kiev, there is simply no one to conduct a fruitful dialogue with. Because, as I already said, the current Ukrainian regime does not make independent decisions. Especially with regard to the fulfillment of its foreign policy obligations,» Speaker SF Matvienko stated noted that the real renewal and real development of Ukraine is impossible without the unconditional implementation of the Minsk agreements. «This, one might say, is the first step, a starting point. Otherwise, the country is doomed to remain in the state it is in now: burdened by confrontation with Russia, internal armed conflict, with weak state power, unable to effectively govern the country,» she is convinced .
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